So very poetic, the war builds from war, wrath begets wrath. In this alternate history it makes for a very different field for the first world war. One we shall not witness upon this forum but which will, without a doubt, be implied by what conflicts go unresolved even after the final orders are made. Such is the face of what could be the end of times. Such is the face of the old world, locked in it's throws of combat. These mounting tensions are but foreplay to the greater battle yet to come, simple bickering of what is the building blocks of the Great War. The combined forces of an Anglo-saxon empire (France) and it's Swarthy southern allies (Ottomans) crossing the dune make haste to settle the fight against the mighty German Forces. Yet it is all to clear to me now that such is not meant to be. There will be no true victory for any force or nation upon this battle ground. It will simply become the setup that it was destined to be, for these are not the battles or wars of ideas or religions or creeds. These are the scuffles of hungry nations and ambitious leaders out for the lands and blood of their foes. The armies circle about their enemies lands as vultures do the dying calf. Soon the descent of all those black wings, will fall upon the kill, and just as they are cursed to, will taste only the sickening bite of the carrion meat they believed they desired. Unable to smell or sense the reality of what it was from so high up above they are left with only the mistake they made and the consequences of the hideous unsatisfying taste in their mouth.
Yet, I still say, cry havoc and let slip those great vultures. Let the murder of the carrion birds fly to feast upon the unsuspecting world, all for the hope that it will show those ignorant dirt farmers and bureaucrats and soldiers the futility of conflict at the behest of the whims of Kings and tyrants. So that even though the loses will be tragic we might still be able to do away with forces far more tragic. Necessary as it is to remove such ancient and horrible systems as monarchy, hereditary rule, and divine right. Those who will not learn will be forced, to sit up and realize the pointlessness of living the way they do. They will fight no longer for the monarchs and corrupt governments that have grown so comfortable in their power. Rather the people of the old world will fight for their opportunities, their natural rights, and the ability to think for themselves. Whether with guns and force of arms or protest and peaceable ousting. Let them cage those birds once more and clip their wings so they might never fly again.
