nobody wins in a war
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Though it has been years since a major regional conflict has threatened the fragile balance of peace that exists today, the horrors of war and the memories and lessons that were the bitter fruits of the acts of monstrosity must not be forgotten. It is true that with the collapse of the former Soviet Union and the subsequent end to the Cold War that had more than once threatened to throw the world back into chaos, the world has become more peaceful and the foundations for a lasting peace have been set in stone. However, the frequent occurrence of minor regional hostilities such as in Bosnia and Kuwait serve as constant reminders that the vengeful ghost of war still poses a threat to our peaceful survival, and affirms the fact that in a war, that are no winners only losers.
The act of war, as many perceive, is the act of hostility between two factions that develops with explosive force into a full scale conflict, with both sides pouring their entire resources into attaining victory by crushing the enemy in a military campaign. The violent and militaristic nature of war itself ensures that the spilling of blood and loss to human life is inevitable. The death count for a war that embroils the entire globe may run into the millions as shown in World War Two, where more than twenty million out of a population of just over a hundred million died in Russia. The method of presentation of those figures lulls us into the deadly tendency to write off these figures as being merely "statistics", but it must not be forgotten by mankind that each and every single one of the "statistics" represents a precious human life, forcibly taken away by the simple declaration of war.
In any war, there will be two opposing sides, or maybe more, but what remains as solid as stone is the fact that lives from all sides are lost in the battle, taken by the grim reaper who turns a blind eye to any allegiance one may have, regardless of victory or defeat. In the end, it is humanity as a whole which loses.
With the development of a "civilian's war" since the last World War, the loss of innocent lives has broken out of the traditional confinement among soldiers on the battlefield. Unsuspecting citizens are killed in their sleep, or on the streets, by an assortment of advanced weaponry that includes planes, rockets and bombs. For now, there is nowhere that is "safe" from the onslaught of the enemy. Science has become an even uglier monster with the invention of weapons of mass destruction, intended to wipe out entire populations with just a touch of a button. This act of extreme brutality only serves to deepen the sins of mankind for the acts of cruelty inflicted on their fellow human beings for just being on the wrong side. There are no benefits to this step backwards to the barbarianism that characterised early civilisation, and the only loser is society.
The destructive aims of war, of...
The act of war, as many perceive, is the act of hostility between two factions that develops with explosive force into a full scale conflict, with both sides pouring their entire resources into attaining victory by crushing the enemy in a military campaign. The violent and militaristic nature of war itself ensures that the spilling of blood and loss to human life is inevitable. The death count for a war that embroils the entire globe may run into the millions as shown in World War Two, where more than twenty million out of a population of just over a hundred million died in Russia. The method of presentation of those figures lulls us into the deadly tendency to write off these figures as being merely "statistics", but it must not be forgotten by mankind that each and every single one of the "statistics" represents a precious human life, forcibly taken away by the simple declaration of war.
In any war, there will be two opposing sides, or maybe more, but what remains as solid as stone is the fact that lives from all sides are lost in the battle, taken by the grim reaper who turns a blind eye to any allegiance one may have, regardless of victory or defeat. In the end, it is humanity as a whole which loses.
With the development of a "civilian's war" since the last World War, the loss of innocent lives has broken out of the traditional confinement among soldiers on the battlefield. Unsuspecting citizens are killed in their sleep, or on the streets, by an assortment of advanced weaponry that includes planes, rockets and bombs. For now, there is nowhere that is "safe" from the onslaught of the enemy. Science has become an even uglier monster with the invention of weapons of mass destruction, intended to wipe out entire populations with just a touch of a button. This act of extreme brutality only serves to deepen the sins of mankind for the acts of cruelty inflicted on their fellow human beings for just being on the wrong side. There are no benefits to this step backwards to the barbarianism that characterised early civilisation, and the only loser is society.
The destructive aims of war, of...
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