Show WARS AND THEIR CAUSES There must be a why nations go to war That reason may be a wrong or c a suppose supposed wrong a real wrong from an aggressor or a trumped trump trump- ed up wrong as we have lately seen fed to a populace l lace ce t to o fan fighting ardor or a condition so twisted r. r b by Y those in power political ruling class or financiers financiers finan finan- ciers that a d nation goes to war over it Or just plain lain ambition Wrongs real or otherwise and ambition make makeup t up most wars A king an emperor a dictator feels ambitious he will be a mighty man before the world He will bring into his nation other peoples other territory territory ter ter- other sources to tax which is the usual and main cause of war to get these people or that territory territory ter ter- he will do so by conquest Trump up an excuse excuse excuse ex ex- cuse make a cause which will appeal to his own fighting forces and then get to fighting quick Of course course once in a while there is a fool on a throne i r be behe he George 4 or Bill and once in a awhile awhile while a heaven Born is is seized with expansion So r. r ambition s seems ems to be the mainspring I I Seldom is there a real wrong but that another's I ti ambition has caused that wrong It is this eternal twisting of cupidity greed ambition conquest exl expansion ex ex- l P that is at the root of war And some are so goody good that they think all 1 mankind is goody good and wars should cease Human nature has deeper roots than a ladies ladies' pink J tea circle Men Menn will fight if only for the fun the adventure adventure adventure ad ad- venture the action of fighting They will leave naf nations nations na na- na- na f then in peace to enlist with fighters in a distant distant distant dis dis- tant land The fighting instinct is part of valor I Nations ring with ballads martial airs military refrains refrains' mans mans roots are deep He is not all to lb the i I good yet Wars will for a long time Then there is this status quo business Twaddle k- k Some generations ago a strong man man got got others like himself also strong and conquered That made a at s. s t status quo which no other strong man cant can't and y wont won't upset by the very means that made the first status This world is not r quo o. o moving stationary an any ny ambitious man may seek to create another status 9 quo o his side of f it Grabbing is the rule Munitions lons force might still talk And the only 7 way to make them listen is with more munitions a greater might The battlefields of the world attest it Hush-hush Hush to this goody good stuff r. r When men are better etter men wont won't fight But that 1 f betterment has no example in In 1941 1 All out aid to England A walloping if we cani can i administer it There is nothing talks but greater might effectively applied I y |