Hugh. The world would be so much better without people willing to die - and kill - for them. As long as people think of the nation state as more important than their own lives, there'll be people manipulating them in wars of profit and glory.

I'd bet one of the more important reasons for peace within western Europe in the last fifty years is that it is getting pretty hard to find people willing to die for their country. I'm thankful for that.

Un roi sans divertissement est un homme plein de misères