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An Old Adage

Posted on 10/10/2025 by Daniel

Peace has to be fought for.

My moral philosophy tutor at college said he felt more confident in a leader who said they were fighting a war in order to win the peace, than one who says they are fighting a war to win. In a way bot are saying the same thing but the latter is a warmonger and the former is not. Winning peace is harder than outright winning a war because it encompasses forgiveness. It also starts the historic process of sharing blame – allied inaction encouraged Hitler in WW2 and allied infighting encouraged Napoleon.

Every fag in the world has blood on it and there will never be a flag that doesn’t because that’s what humans are. Animals willing to kill and force others to defend themselves.

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