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we see mountains of corpses piling up on mistake or an act under command. The
the battlefield and a soldier eager to save people never wanted war. Another
them. This in turn tortures him every day incident that justifies this further is the
as he, with his limited strength, had to Christmas Truce. After many months on
carry corpses one by one to the camp, the battlefield, soldiers from both sides
seeing his friends on the brink of death. were seen playing and chatting on the
These are the heroes we celebrate, but days of Christmas. They had a truce, until
they weren’t supposed to be celebrated they had to attack each other once again.
like this, as they initially had a normal, Peace is forever on the minds of the
happy life to live. We have sacrificed people with no regards to the
normal men with supposed happy lives circumstances. Thus, war is never
for the benefit of selfish leaders and the justified as even the soul of the country,
country’s status. In short, war is never that is the people, is against it.
justified, it is not even worth it
As children, we heard of the phrase
considering what may be lost in the
‘violence is never the answer’. Likewise,
process.
war is never the answer to a conflict nor
Following that, there is the is it the only solution to a dispute.
argument of the alternative —— peace. Leaders worldwide should open their
It is a neglected choice, but it holds the hearts and minds so as to change their
most power. To date, war is a choice mindset on this issue. As the people of
made by the leaders who are powerful the nations, we too hold a great
yet conceited people of status. However, responsibility that is to enlighten our
what do the people want? In Rutger leaders about what we can do to stop all
Bregman’s book, Humankind: A Hopeful wars. It is time we embrace our rights to
History, he mentions a statistic: a large speak out and influence, so that others
number of rifles were overloaded and have the right to live a normal life
never fired. This proves the soldiers without war.
never had the heart to fire their rifles in
We built the world with wars, but
the first place, in fact some confessed
we must not end the world with wars.
they fired blindly at no one, others even
Wars will never be justified.
said hurting the enemy was simply a
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