Get out the microscope, because we’re going through this poem line-by-line.
- Looks like the military is in for another bashing from the TTC.
- Here, it says that all things hate a strong military.
- It tells us that the military is not a tool for honorable men.
- When honorable men are forced to use violence, they only do it out of necessity.
- They remain detached from the whole thing and don't find any glory in victory.
- The TTC points out that people who enjoy killing are never going "to achieve their ambitions upon the world" (31.14).
- This might be referencing the fact that all the great conquerors and great empires in history have eventually failed.
- In the end, we're told, everyone who dies in war should be mourned.
- Even victory should be treated like it's a funeral.