{"id":51934,"date":"2021-10-16T14:48:55","date_gmt":"2021-10-16T18:48:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=51934"},"modified":"2021-10-16T14:48:55","modified_gmt":"2021-10-16T18:48:55","slug":"the-essence-of-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=51934","title":{"rendered":"The essence of war"},"content":{"rendered":"

From “War With A Human Face: Have rules to curb the cruelty of military force backfired?”, by Dexter Filkins, in the September 13, 2021 New Yorker:<\/p>\n

Killing is what armies do, and, in the usual course of things, the more they kill the sooner their wars end…<\/em><\/p>\n

…For Clausewitz, the Prussian military theorist, the whole point of fighting was not just to repel the enemy but to destroy it; theoretically, at least, war knows no limits.<\/em><\/p>\n

I’m a naive and foolish woman.<\/a><\/p>\n

But I understand what war is.<\/a><\/p>\n

“…the more they kill the sooner their wars end.”<\/p>\n

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