Monday, October 26, 2015

Alexis Kirkland: What is it Good for?

It always seems like there's some sort of war going on. Between us, Russia, the Middle East, China, and Korea, there's constantly something going on that could possibly provoke war. I personally feel too uninformed to have an educated opinion on this. However, I am obligated to do this assignment if I want to receive a grade for it, so I'll use what knowledge I have, paired with my personal morals, to form an opinion.

Keep in mind, I don't know how politics work. I don't know if there are certain rules agreed upon by all major nations about what can be the cause for war or not. But to me, I feel like war should be the last thing a nation ever even considers. Looking at what I'm currently learning in American history, it seems like we think that nothing can be solved without considering war. Why can't we just stop all this fighting? It's childish! And these are our world leaders, we're talking about. They're all children. As adults they should know the consequences. Do they feel no remorse for being responsible for the thousands, millions of lives lost? It just doesn't make sense to me.

And they claim it's because if they don't go to war, it'll make them seem weak. What's weak is having no regard for the value of a human life.

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