CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY NOVEMBER 13, 2018
100 YEARS AGO THIS PAST SUNDAY WORLD WAR ONE ENDED. I HOPE YOU TOOK NOTICE.
IT WASN’T CALLED WORLD WAR ONE THEN BECAUSE NOBODY BELIEVED THERE WOULD BE A SECOND ONE. INSTEAD IT WAS CALLED “THE WAR TO END ALL WARS.”
ESTIMATED CASUALTIES ARE 40 MILLION, INCLUDING BETWEEN 15 AND 19 MILLION DEAD. THESE INCLUDED MORE THAN 100 THOUSAND AMERICANS, WIPING OUT A GENERATION OF YOUNG MEN.
MOST WARS ARE POINTLESS AND THIS ONE MAY HAVE BEEN THE MOST POINTLESS OF ALL. NUMEROUS CIVILIANS, INCLUDING WOMEN AND CHILDREN WERE KILLED. MECHANIZED WARFARE BECAME THE NORM. GAS DESTROYED MANY.
THE IDEA THAT IT WAS A WAR TO END ALL WARS WAS A PIPE DREAM. JESUS SAID THERE WILL BE WARS AND RUMORS OF WARS UNTIL HE RETURNS AND BRINGS REAL PEACE ON EARTH.
I’LL TAKE HIM AT HIS WORD MORE THAN THE WISHFUL THINKING OF HUMANS WHOSE VERY NATURE IS WAR-LIKE. WHETHER OR NOT YOU ARE A STUDENT OF HISTORY YOU SHOULD READ ABOUT THIS UNNECESSARY WAR. THOUGH NONE ARE STILL ALIVE WHO REMEMBER WORLD WAR ONE, WE OUGHT TO LEARN ITS LESSONS, BUT NEVER DO. I’M CAL THOMAS.
