History Offers Valuable Lessons

To the Editor:

There are reasons we were required to take history in school. One is so that, in the case of negative things in history, you might make wise decisions and not help history repeat itself. Stick with me to see how that works.

There are those that think war is cool. They watch war movies avidly. They try to imitate the heroes of the film. They have a problem. On the other side, there are those that are against war. That is understandable. General Sherman said, “War is Hell.” He was right. But it is sometimes necessary. Even God ordained wars when He sent the Israelite people agains...