We Are At War

This is what it looks like. Just pick one.

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We have made a game of war. It is a theme that is pervasive in movies, sports terminology, video games, and even cultural disagreements. Conflict and consequences are trivialized so often that unless a missile directly strikes your home, it is confined to an event that is imagined or distant. Despite the TV mentality that is pervasive throughout our societies — war…