Sunday, August 10, 2008

War

Russia claim their forces have killed 2,000 Georgian military and civilian personnel. Such is war. In what other area of human endeavour could you get away with "claiming" to have killed so many people? In day to day life killers do all they can to avoid being blamed for their killing: arrests are evaded; are criminal indictments are defended vigorously.

Such is war, which has a habit of turning normal conceived wisdom up on its head, which is why it should be avoided at all costs.