Billy Pilgrim thought the same way about war. Watch war from the beginning till end it will seem as a bloody heroism, exposing millions of clashes and hatred from one side towards the other. But review war the other way it will seem as Billy said like this "the minerals (from the bombs) were then shipped to specialists in remote areas. It was their business to put them into the ground, hide them cleverly, so they would never hurt anybody ever again". This portrays not only Billy's but as well Vonnegut's feelings about war. That useless conflict that kills millions, and finally no one ends up winning.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button felt quite similar to Billy's interpretation of war. While in the movie it shows us how a human life is lived backwards and only then we are able to see how carelessly we carry through are lives when at the end being babies we are merely nothing.
War has the same dilemma only when watched backwards you understand how many people are affected by it. As well you are able to understand the atrocities it can create.
Life should be lived forward.
But watch your life backwards.
Is it worth it?
And so it goes.
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