Once upon a time, in the land of Hush-A-Bye, around about the wondrous days of yore, they came across a kind of box, bound up with chains and locked with locks and labelled “Kindly do not touch; it’s war.”  Kendrew Lascelles (in John Denver’s album- Poems, Prayers and Promises) I intended starting this post by stating that I wished to remain unbiased when it comes to one side or another when it comes to the alarming increase in armed conflict. It was important to me that anyone reading this would understand that while I have views on each of the current conflicts – Gaza, Ukraine, Iraq, etc. – that my opinions are not represented in this post. That would have been a lie. I am completely biased in favour of negotiated peace and downright prejudiced in favour…