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Salon: Watching Beirut die
War is the failure of humanity. It is a flaw that plays itself out time and again, emotional and physical destruction on a horrific scale. Why can't we get past it? Why can't we find the common ground necessary to resolve our differences without ending life. What purpose does the vengeance of war serve, other than to propagate itself? The concept of peace seems like a fantasy in this world; a hackneyed joke. As if you should put quotes around it and speak drly when it comes up in conversation. Will we ever rise above the senselessness of war? Maybe in the next life.