We tend to think that World War II was, to use a phrase, a 'pro-war war'.
That is, a war that makes us feel good about war.
This is a mistake, because we naturally tell the story from the point of view of the heroic Allies.
And we very well know that it was a damn good thing that the Allies fought back and saved the world!
But this does not make it a 'Pro-war war'!
Because the war would have happened, and would have been just as big, if the Allies had not fought back at all!
Because it was not the Allies that started it!
And it was Not a minor war when the Allies found it!
The war would not have been any smaller if the Allies didn't fight back!
It was the Nazis and the Japanese that started the war!
They were responsible for the fact that there was a war, not the Allies!
And, quite frankly, the Japanese were certainly not going to rick involving the powerful West until the West was at war with itself!
The war was Hitler's fault!
And no one thinks that it is a good thing that Hitler started World War II!
World War II was Not a 'Pro-war war' just because it was a good thing that the Allies fought back!
Because it was a terrible tragedy that the war started at all!
God loves you! We got through that, anything we are facing now is peanuts by comparison!
God loves you!
Sincerely,
David S. Annderson