Men re-rail the need for war

Twice on this blog the putridity of men has been discussed. Besides numerous unsavoury activities against the female fraternity – others proffer destruction and genocide, and impose nefarious doctrines. The male species seems to like the deeply destructive in whatever form it happens to be made possible – and a thing that’s often made against others, the minority, the disaffected, the disposed, the ethnic, the feminine – and to make an impression upon these others its that the bombs must fall.

Remember, war is invariably tied up with sexual violence, and yet so many seem to forget that. Its not just bombs, destruction, its also rape en masse. Its not a historic thing, for its indeed current in countless locations across the world thanks to a militarised might. In terms of certain reports emanating from any number of sources – such as this from The Independent, or others including Ian Visits, My London, Sky News, The BBC, The Guardian, The Mirror and The Times, it appears the aforementioned preparations for war at a certain London tube station doubtless reinforces the notion humanity has a deep-seated need for conflict. When have humans NOT prepared for war? The fact is the world can be blown up several times over appears to be no concern for the minds that are inherently bent on developing better weaponry and far worse civilian casualties. Isn’t history a thing to be learnt from? Evidently its not even now – and it wont be in 2030 either. It seems things like ‘Peace in our Time’ and the Holocaust being two prime examples of humanity’s, indeed men’s, abject failures to understand the foibles of conflict and far truer ways of undertaking negotiation – and that because war appears to be a necessity that must be exercised no matter what, because violence services agendas. Men need toys – and like cars, railways and aeroplanes, they also have tanks, bombs and missiles. The very tools that extend one’s subjective boundaries in the world. In short, its not even a reality, but a necessary reification, a make believe even, far beyond the realms of what is possible in terms of the natural world.

Having previously mentioned how the holocaust involved considerable sexual violence (the railways were an important part of that abject violence and sexual horror) – there’s no doubt war attacks the very femininity of the planet – and that because its Mother Earth. Its the rape of the planet that carries pretty much the same modus as raping women on trains, in the streets, in the woods, in the home etc. To take an example, the war in Sudan ( ¹ , ² , ³ , ⁴ ) amounts to a sexual festival of sorts for the military. Voltaire had said “It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets”. ⁵ There’s no doubt the same logic applies to the numerous rapists who use the cover of militarism to conduct sordid activities. In the same sense, those reporting the news about a certain rail based military exercise are no doubt alluding to the trumpeters’ tune also – and that makes the whole sordid scenario seem somehow okay.

Men simply do not seem to realise the brevity of the actions they undertake. Such endeavours are without doubt questionable – and regularly laden with an intent towards destruction. In terms of the news an entire London Underground station was taken over for war games, the very endeavour itself smacks of a crass insensibility. The result is to perpetuate a vicious circle that results in what can only be ‘better’ wars which are more destructive. War IS ‘peace’ no doubt.

Albert Einstein famously said, “I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.” ⁶ He viewed the human desire for war as a sheer stupidity. Einstein was a pacifist who saw conflict as both a disease and a degradation of humanity, including the morality of it and the inherent destructiveness of militarism. Einstein argued national sovereignty, arms races, and the glorification of war had inherently driven global conflict (⁷ , ⁸ , ⁹ , ¹⁰ , ¹¹). And this is still the case to this day.

Amid all the talk of the use of Charing Cross station for an exercise, I'd argue that these MOD images, showing the vital importance of rail to deliver logistics support via a tube engineering train to the HQ are if anything more interesting – rail plays a vital role in war. pic.twitter.com/z7n1nE7TP8
— Sir Humphrey (@pinstripedline) May 22, 2026

HuMANs simply cant get away from any necessity of having war – this guy clearly extols that trains have a vital role in war!

In a way its no surprise for men have been in charge for centuries, politically, socially and economically, and the idea of war has never faded. None of the bad ideas of conducting, operationalising and ‘improving’ society have been dissolved. Nothing improves, everything worsens, and we now have other political parties that look admirably towards the even worser end of the scale.‘Worst’ seems to be the operative mode. This is the problem – every extent of what are ancient political systems is practically stuck in monobloc. Not everyone wants a singular and overbearing ideology that forces its way through unsuspecting communities like a Biblical flood.

Its why UK politics appears to be an enduring festival of advocates wishing to make certain views prominent – doubtless these include war too. The two horse race largely prevalent for two centuries is now replaced by what are even more polarised views. In Russia its the same ideal with strongly polarised views that continue to this day – its incumbent seems unable to even realise its an old fashioned view of the world. Instead of evolving out the need for war some want to see that war becomes a highly evolved doctrine. This is an endeavour indisputably led by men – even with the nuclear bomb countless women were employed and their valuable skills extracted for some sort of thing most had no idea about ¹² / ¹³. These men were no doubt riding on the backs of these women in the very same way they also ride the back of Mother Earth. In fact Einstein, despite his famous E=mc² contributing to the Manhattan Project and Oppenheimer’s quest to develop the most destructive weapon so far known, Einstein bitterly rejected the means the equation was being put to. ¹⁴ Not just women but sincere scientists with their eye on the good ¹⁵ were to be exploited for what can only be a sheer evil. The future showed their fears were essentially right – nuclear warfare in the eyes of military men was merely conventional war. ¹⁶

Humanity harps on about the global crisis and ecocide. But war is a massive part of that and we must not overlook the fact that the greatness of what it means to be huMAN basically sets men as the dominant paradigm. To that end, whether its Gaza, Sudan, Ukraine or any other wars currently underway there’s no doubt the impact on the environment is enormous. Its not just pollution and trash, but also bombs, tanks, missiles, extensive destruction. So much land that once belonged to the animal kingdom now belongs to humans and homo sapiens fights for these stolen enclaves as if there was no tomorrow. Whether its invasion, or defence, its the same homo sapiens which sees itself as the most cleverest species to exist. This amounts to what can only be a sheer level of stupidity.

Stop! Stop! But it can’t be stopped! There’s no doubt huMANs are Doctor Morbius, ensuring the existence of a monstrous destruction. And it being war, it becomes a thing that simply can’t be stopped, just like the Krell in the 1956 film Forbidden Planet. Scene from Youtube.

There’s no doubt North End (Bull and Bush) tube station, ¹⁷ Down Street, ¹⁸ the Central Line tunnels between Wanstead and Gants Hill, ¹⁹ or the numerous tube shelters, which among other examples, were used for the apparent necessity of war and these older examples have been cited as the predecessor to the newer, Charing Cross example. ²⁰ Evidently these older things were once viewed as being ‘good.’ This was when most took war in their stealth and understood it to be a thing men were mightily occupied with – thus little could be done about it. Yet the truth of it all is humanity has conclusively failed to sort out its need for war. And weapons development continues practically unbated in preparation for unknown horrors that will be practised upon every living thing at some future point.

Some will point out that women were involved in this military exercise on London’s underground. Its what is called equality. Unfortunately some of those will not even discern properly the word ‘equality’ in terms of how it transpires in the eyes of men. Equality is problematic (we have not yet devolved something that could constitute a more practical and truer equality) thus in many ways its much the same as “no means yes” and thou shall not kill unless one can hear “the sound of trumpets.” Instead of protesting against militarism, some women instead choose to join the godforsaken fraternity – or even report upon it as this Sky News reporter has done.

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