The following is not a slight on anyone's theology. It is, if anything, the protaganist commenting,"there's nothing new here. Warefare or its idea will never leave."
My father, a career military man and graduate of the Naval Academy, pounded in my head we should be isolationists from day 1. His brilliance is even more staggering years after his death. In my simplicity I ripped from Auden, farmer Woo, military leaders, etc using a bafoon to comment - the wizard of Oz
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