These are four separate works that try to look at war. Two Fictional stories, one true story, and one essay. Many people suffer some die in war. The victims are innocent citizens, some infants, children, and the elderly. Also, soldiers. No one is immune from the consequences of war. All wars have unforeseen consequences. The flags of war that are flown have no souls. President George Washington wrote, "My First wish is to see this plague to mankind, war, banished from the earth.