A Good War

'A good war must be over in a day.'

Of all the writings from Tetinia, Last Chieftess of the before and First Ruler of the after, that was the one that caused the most trouble.

At first it was fine, a way to focus our forces on winning quickly and decisively, with maximum morale destruction.

But as wars became harder to fight and much harder to win, our own morale began to suffer, and we began to doubt her words, not just in this but in all things.

Then we split the atom and it became easily followed once again.