Horror

The horror of war is fast disappearing from society. In the past people wrote about it so vividly (War and peace, Dr Zhivago, etc) that the word war would send a shudder down a person's spine. Unfortunately the warmongers do not read much. Also today gag orders are a lot more stringent on people experiencing the horror first hand.

Leaders who lead a nation to war must share some of the experience. Some people say that like Napolean, Alexander, Ashoka, etc leaders must actually be on the battleground. That is a little far fetched in today's scenario but at least every leader must be forced to watch news about war for an hour each day with all the graphic details. After the second world war Germans were forced to see what their fellow Germans did That I think is a pretty effective idea.