WW II was touted as being, "The War to End ALL Wars" . That is to say that WAR was never again to be used as a Substitute for DIPLOMACY , that Civilization had advance BEYOND THE USE OF VIOLENCE to address the Concerns of Nations . However, the Concept that "War is the only answer" was NEVER >Extincted*< , that is, REMOVED from the Planet's Psyche . "IT" has persisted in the exact same way that ALL our Instincts remain as INTEGRAL part of Our Planetary Consciousness . In short, WAR defines Our Species . WAR is 'who We are' . VIOLENCE is what We do .
For a brief period following the Victory, Humankind asserted Utopia-like aplomb by forging the United Nations . "It looked GREAT on paper" as they say, but when it was TESTED, it was learned that the U.N. had no MUSCLE . EVERYONE relied on some sort of UNIVERSAL DESIRE FOR GOODNESS, the Thinking and Belief that ALL Nations would seek the Highest Order of Altruism to Govern themselves and The World . "IT" never happened, because "IT" was NEVER THERE. Nations HUNGERED for Power , and this HUNGER produced GLOBAL ATROCITY , which the U.N. could not throttle . BAD 'men' ascended to Power bringing with them War ravaged and exhausted Citizens who had NOTHING LEFT with which to Fight those that knew ONLY WAR .
Good, Honest and Decent Folks wanted to believe ALL WAR had Ended, that because Germany, Italy and Japan had been Defeated, so too WAR .
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