Sevilen is wrong on "the beast never seen."
He calls it "the beast never seen" because it is unknown, it has no identity, it either is rarely acknowledged or not acknowledged at all. Communist Soviets are established, acknowledged and have an identity therefore cannot fit the label of something "never seen." I believe that Sam is trying to make the point that people rarely see certain elements of war. This particular element being the effects on the family of a soldier, and what the death of a soldier causes/can cause outside of the obvious sad fact that the soldier died. This beast still lives and presides in the middle east and is as active as ever. And the human race will never rid themself of this beast, some of us have tried but Islamic Fascist's insist on keeping it alive.
Sevilen is wrong on "the beast never seen." He calls it "the beast never seen" because it is unknown, it has no identity, it either is rarely acknowledged or not acknowledged at all. Communist Soviets are established, acknowledged and have an identity therefore cannot fit the label of something "never seen." I believe that Sam is trying to make the point that people rarely see certain elements of war. This particular element being the effects on the family of a soldier, and what the death of a soldier causes/can cause outside of the obvious sad fact that the soldier died. This beast still lives and presides in the middle east and is as active as ever. And the human race will never rid themself of this beast, some of us have tried but Islamic Fascist's insist on keeping it alive.