War happens to people, one by one. That is really all I have to say and it seems to me I have been saying it forever. Unless they are immediate victims, the majority of mankind behaves as if war was an act of God which could not be prevented; or they behave as if war elsewhere was none of their business. It would be a bitter cosmic joke if we destroy ourselves due to atrophy of the imagination.
Further reading
Ripples
Strange Flowers 
Oh my gosh – doesn’t she look a bit like Thatcher ???
Ha! I was waiting for someone to point that out. I had actually chosen the photograph weeks ago (and mainly because it went with the “pearls” theme) but I did notice the resemblance when I posted it.