The Whims of War

“War is such a peculiar thing—inaugurated by the whims of few, affecting the fate of many. It is a difficult, if not impossible, thing to understand, yet we feel compelled to describe it as though it has meaning—even virtue. It starts for reasons often hopelessly obscure, meanders on, then stops.”

— Errol Morris, Believing Is Seeing: Observations on the Mysteries of Photography