An entry from the journal of a soldier who had fought one war too many.
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War...war never changes.
When I first heard that line, I thought it was stupid.
"War does change," I had said in response, unaware of what that guy truly meant at the time.
I had said that the cause changes every time, and so do the people and the ways that war was waged.
"War did change," I had said with my whole chest, "war did change."
But now... I realize what he meant.
The cause between wars may be different, but it always seems to start with someone getting hurt.
Just because the participants change every time there is a war, doesn't mean that they weren't all dragged into this without their say-so or expressing their desire to participate.
And the ways of war...battlefields change, tactics change, and the weapons change, but the result is always the same: death and destruction.
The variables of war may change, but the overall formula is the same.
