Some Thoughts on War

It has been said that war is the great equalizer. I would like to modify that by saying that war is the great pressure equalizer. War’s purpose in society is to release pressure like a valve on a pressure cooker. Conflict is inherent to the human existence. How we resolve that conflict determines whether or not a war will break out. Unfortunately, diplomacy does not always work to resolve conflict. When that happens, war seems to be the only resolution. But what happens when one war is fought to resolve an issue, but only serves to create more conflict in its aftermath? That is the story of WWI, although one could argue that that is also the story of most wars.