" All war is absurd. For thousands of years, human beings have chosen to settle their differences by obliterating one another. And when we are not obliterating one another, we spend an enormous amount of time and attention coming up with better ways to obliterate one another the next time around. It’s all a little strange, if you think about it. "

― Malcolm Gladwell , The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War