" If Western Civilization were a person, we would be directing it to the nearest meeting of War-Preparers Anonymous. We would be telling it to stand up before the meeting and say, “My name is Western Civilization. I am a compulsive war-preparer. I have lost everything I ever cared about. I should have come here long ago. I first hit bottom in World War I. "

― Kurt Vonnegut Jr. , Vonnegut by the Dozen: Twelve Pieces by Kurt Vonnegut