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It has been several years now since the most recent War of Iraq is supposedly won. But is it really a victory for the humankind? Have everybody benefited from the war just like leaders told everyone it should? Well, there are no simple answers to these questions. In fact, the answers could only be long, complex, and even astounding. The real effects
of the War of Iraq are really on the people who had a first-hand experience of what had happened.
The people directly affected by the war were the soldiers themselves. These soldiers very bravely gave up their lives because they are faithful to their sworn line of duty. They follow orders without complains. They do what they are told without any considerations for their own safety. Losing brave soldiers to a war is painful. Losing lives in general, be it for wars or for any other reason, is such a waste. So why is it always okay for soldiers to be on the first line of bloodshed? Aren't they persons who are supposed to be protected as well, as much as they are protecting the country they serve?
The loss of these soldiers is hard enough for people who are just watching in the background. But how much more for people who love them dearly? How about their families, wives, sons, daughters, fathers, and mothers? What would they feel? When talking about a person, it is hard to discount the fact that he is part of an inner circle – a family that is hurt when he is hurt, no matter how estranged they might be from each other.
It had been said over and over before. Wars are never a solution to any problem. In fact, they could only compound the problem even more. What can't be settled on a conference table can't be settled on a battlefield. Because no matter how many soldiers you kill and no matter how cities you burn, the ideology of the person stays within him. The war won't change how he views things. If anything, it would only make him hold to his principles more.
Some fortunate nations are rich enough to stage a big war. With the millions they have stashed in their national bank account, they can order guns, weapons, ammunitions, equipments, clothing, and food for their soldiers. Sometimes, wars aren't just a battle of will power and strength. It becomes a battle of who is richer and better.
Wars don't have any good effect on a nation, much more on its youth. It could only set the wrong principles to the younger generations, more than anything. Government officials should make wars not only the last resort to conflicts but make them the unlikely solution to diplomatic problems.
The world can still be a better place to live in. Harmony can still be achieved. If nations engage in wars again, World War III would surely wipe out the entire globe. And that would leave nothing but chaos and darkness nobody would like to live and see.
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