" War never settles anything", the individual in the line said to her companion.I bit my lip, the urge to correct this woman from her ignorance was so strong.First of all I am of the "old school" of gentlemanly conduct,secondly it was a private conversation and I was not a participate and lastly it would have been boorish conduct.

Thus I saved it for a later rant.

This is what I wanted to say," Lady we might invite the Confederate cabinet,the tribe of Ai, the city Fathers of Carthage, the heretics of Languedoc and members of the Nazi party to come and debate the question but they no longer exist as viable entities. Why do they no longer exist? For War ended each of them thoroughly.It quite effectively ended any impact they had on the World stage and their views carry no weight. So lady in each of these examples war did settle something, even giving utterances to the contrary or even what you might think."