War: A Practical Idea?
Is it really the practical way?
Throughout history, human beings have fought over land, rights, and the spread of good or evil. They have battled to bring change and the best way possible of doing it. But is the idea of war a sophisticated, civilized practice?
The main idea behind war is groups of people fighting for what they beleive in - but how can this be an overall fair fight?
One group may greatly outnumber the other. One may have more experience, training, or sophisticated tools, while the other may lack in this area due to lack of resources available. Not to mention the innocent that may have nothing to do with the ongoing problems. Should they be caught up in the vicious fight for leadership and domination? So all things considered, would war be a practical idea?
One's strength should not be determind by their power, or physical strength, but rather, the inner. From the early stages of childhood and right through adolescense and adulthood, we are taught to solve our problems in a civilized manner-to talk, compromise, and reach an agreement. But these same people betray their own statements by fighting against groups and nations in order to get their points across. Fighting, they say, for the better. Some justify the act of war by saying 'they' (the other group or nation) had started it first. But then again, why? Why should we bomb or kill? What does it solve? It only creates more problems.
And not only is the idea of war a little twisted, but what about the aftermath. During the World War 2, when the US had bombed Hiroshima, Japan in order to supress them, diseases from the bomb immediately spread and had killed millions of innocent civilians. And still today, people die of cancer and luekemia due to the leftover nucleur radiation many years later after the war.
So why not avoid all of these casualties and destruction in the first place? Why not sit around a table and talk - showing real leadership and responsibility. Think how crazy it sounds when we say, "Fighting... for peace".
