WHY NOT? WHY NOT ANOTHER WAR? - David Jon Hill - March 1978

David Jon Hill

Some of us have lived through the "war to end all wars," some through the war that was fought to "make the world safe for democracy" (or was it communism?). Most have lived through the "police action" in Korea and the national disgrace in Vietnam. The United States in particular and the Western world in general are sick and tired of war - they don't even like to hear about it occurring anywhere in the world, and try to intervene diplomatically to prevent it. "Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God," Jesus proclaimed in Matthew 5:9. But somehow wars seem to form an outline of human history. There are very few years - six or so - in all recorded history when some nation was not at war with another (and some unrecorded war probably occurred during those six!). Wars are always justified in elegant language and are fought for "noble purposes." - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library