War is Fun?

Maybe General Sherman was mistaken.

War is only "hell" if you're one of the people getting maimed, killed, or driven out of your home. But if you're one of the heads of state, senior generals, diplomats, promoters, facilitators, arms dealers, arms makers, or suppliers of war materiel, war can be a lot of fun. Even if you're a soldier, it's fun if you come back in one piece and have some great stories to tell. If you're a reporter, you get to have fun making stories about it. If you're an historian, you get to write books about it. War has something for just about everybody - except the ones on the receiving end of it.

Maybe that's why we've had so much of it for so many centuries.