I dream of giving birth to a child who will ask, "Mother, what was war?" ~Eve Merriam

[Syd Valentine]

American Revolution

What a cruel thing is war: to separate and destroy families and friends, and mar the purest joys and happiness God has granted us in this world; to fill our hearts with hatred instead of love for our neighbors, and to devastate the fair face of this beautiful world. ~Robert E. Lee, letter to his wife, 1864

Civil War

WWI

The tragedy of war is that it uses man's best to do man's worst. ~Henry Fosdick


WWII

In war, there are no unwounded soldiers. ~José Narosky

Vietnam War

Only the dead have seen the end of war. ~Plato

The Gulf War: Operations Desert Storm and Desert Shield

Kosovo

Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war. ~Otto Von Bismark


The War In Iraq

"It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God
that such men lived."
- General George S. Patton