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No communist faction pushed a button to cause a nuclear reaction, and if the Second Coming means a holy war, I must confess I never saw God, or the devil.

"I only saw the chaos that is here every day. How can I make you understand the end? How much detail must I use to paint a filthy picture? How dark? How painful? How senseless and bleak must I present the end of existence?

"I have vowed not to recreate the end simply to make you understand I will not focus on the flames and the terror I have seen. Instead, I will tell you the story of a man and as I serenade you with the events of one life, I will release the details I have witnessed.

"In that way I will bring the end to you."

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"War-a simple, almost, limited word that doesn't quite do battle justice. War is not a political game that keeps nations in power. War is when hell escapes from the ground below. War is when the devil's minions rise and bestow upon the earth the suppressed wrath of the beast. These demons dress in camouflage and rip apart mortal souls. They destroy a human life without a shred of remorse or compassion. And I have witnessed it all.

"World War III. Armageddon. Put any face on it that you need. Label it. Color it. Give it a title-War will still bring you to your knees. Don't act surprised that in the end War lingers on. You creatures, under heaven, have waged War since the beginning of time. You wage War for many reasons, all of them divine. War is fought for love of country; War was created by man; I am even bold enough to say, that War, was God's greatest plan. For only in War can man find the means to justify all the evil lurking within his heart. Only in war can a nation justify horrendous crimes. Rape is revered, destruction desired, and murder made miraculous.

"And when the end arrives (and arrive, I tell you, it will) men will be hired as soldiers, soldiers paid to kill. Kill without remorse. Kill without regret. Kill for your nation, son, for a nation knows what's best.

"In every boot camp and within every military lie, the demons of hell await. They enter a man's soul and they corrupt his spirit. They turn a docile soul into a ruthless killer. And that is how a soldier forgets he is a man and that is how a man deviates from God's plan. God's plan was a man and that man had a name.

"Jimmy is a soldier. Jimmy loves to kill. Jimmy used to be a man. Jimmy used to feel. Now, he is a killer. He shoots whatever stands. Jimmy loves his gun because that gun makes him a man.

"He loves

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