War is big business, so why should the world’s managers end wars and cut their profits? …

… and as many of you have probably already read on the internet, Bob Dylan said it best…..

So who’s REALLY to blame for the war(s)?

Which war? Any war?

“The war is no one person faults, and no one is to blame” is one view i’ve heard.

But blaming one side or the other, and one leader of another, would be fairly normal and predictable response from many.

But sometimes it’s easy to point fingers, and when it points at wars, what you see & hear is not necessarily what is; but we’ll never know how accurate those fingers were.

Common perceptions include that WW2 was Hitler’s fault, that Lyndon Johnson was responsible for upgrading the Vietnam conflict into a major war, and that Putin is to blame for the Ukrainian war.

Those are the general perceptions, but how accurate are they really? Who’s really the power behind the thrones?

Is it those who are making billions every time any country plans and actualizes a war.

I lived through the genocide labelled the Vietnam War, and here we are still.

 War is big business, which is why the more things change, the more they stay the same. So would the real Masters Of War please stand up! LOL

But Bob Dylan said it best;

“Come, you masters of war

You that build the big guns

You that build the death planes

You that build all the bombs

You that hide behind walls

You that hide behind desks

I just want you to know

I can see through your masks

You that never done nothing

But build to destroy

You play with my world

Like it’s your little toy

You put a gun in my hand

And you hide from my eyes

And you turn and run farther

When the fast bullets fly

Like Judas of old

You lie and deceive

A world war can be won

You want me to believe

But I see through your eyes

And I see through your brain

Like I see through the water

That runs down my drain

You fasten all the triggers

For the others to fire

Then you set back and watch

While the death count gets higher

You hide in your mansion

While the young people’s blood

Flows out of their bodies

And is buried in the mud

You’ve thrown the worst fear

That can ever be hurled

Fear to bring children

Into the world

For threatening my baby

Unborn and unnamed

You ain’t worth the blood

That runs in your veins

How much do I know

To talk out of turn?

You might say that I’m young

You might say I’m unlearned

But there’s one thing I know

Though I’m younger than you

That even Jesus would never

Forgive what you do

Let me ask you one question

Is your money that good?

Will it buy you forgiveness?

Do you think that it could?

I think you will find

When your death takes its toll

All the money you made

Will never buy back your soul

And I hope that you die

And your death will come soon

I will follow your casket

By the pale afternoon

And I’ll watch while you’re lowered

Down to your deathbed

And I’ll stand over your grave

‘Til I’m sure that you’re dead.” – Bob Dylan

Masters of War 

Lyrics by Bob Dylan provided via YouTube Capture

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