The field was deserted, like a wasteland:Wasted opportunities;Wasted lives;Wasted people;Wasted victories.How much longer before victory?Opening hands;Opening hearts;Opening eyes;Opening coffers.The fallen are flogged with peace lilies:Flogged by anger;Flogged by hate;Flogged by duty;Flogged by power.They kneel before the God of War:Laughing in contempt;Laughing in pity;Laughing in victory;Laughing in defeat. Leo Tolstoy, Russian writer, was born on this…