British General Douglas Haig--writing over one-hundred years ago--possessed more insight into the nature and meaning of the First World War--than today's historians and commentators.

Contemplating the nature of “heroic death,” Haig cited a speech by the Moghul Emperor Babur to his troops on March 16, 1527 (De Groot, 1989) which, he said, “is curiously appropriate now":

The most high God has been propitious to us: If we fall in the field, we die the death of martyrs. If we survive, we rise victorious the avengers of the cause of God.

This, Haig claimed, is the “root matter of the present war.”

Haig understood that the soldiers of the First World War were precisely like Islamic martyrs. I have made this comparison, but Haig already knew this one-hundred years ago.

Yet commentators are astounded by Islamic suicide bombers, as if suicidal battle tactics do not lie at the heart of Western Civilization.

Living with the Matrix: endless dreaming and denial; refusal to acknowledge reality. Is it time to awaken from the nightmare of history?

With regards,

Richard Koenigsberg

PS: In his report of August 22, 1919—Features of the War—Haig summarized British casualties, stating that they were “no larger than to be expected.” The total British casualties in all theaters of war, killed, wounded, missing and prisoners—including native troops—"are approximately three million (3,076,388)."

"No larger than to be expected." Geez. The Generals of the First World War were mass-murderers, setting the stage for Hitler.