War

Sometimes a Terrible Necessity

 War is the unfortunate necessity forced on those seeking freedom or wishing to preserve it. There are those who would not consider war at any price. I would ask, are you the master or would you be the slave?

 I would think there are few who prefer being the slave to being free. I think there are few that would reject the liberties they have, liberties acquired through force of arms. War is a terrible and costly undertaking and should never be so undertaken without great provocation or great deliberation.

 War is a sometimes a terrible necessity if freedom is to be preserved or acquired. War is costly for life but to reject it under all circumstances is to invite the master in and to become the slave.

"There is nothing so likely to produce peace as to be well prepared to meet the enemy."                                       George Washington 

"To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace."     George Washington