War is hell. I think we all can agree on that. As an
isolated event, it should be avoided at any cost. However, it does serve a very
real and very important purpose in our complex diplomatic world. War is the
last resort, the final threat, the most decisive and ultimate action one entity
can take against another. Because it is so extreme and final and, with our
hell-raising weapons, destructive, people try to avoid it at all costs, making
war, ironically, a deterrent from extreme action.
There are very few problems that
cannot be solved by a well-placed bullet. In today’s world, that bullet exited
the barrel of its rifle decades ago, and the fate of its target is now the
threat many nations use to bully its enemies into submission. That is war’s
place. Every once in a while people need a reminder of its horrors and its
lasting destruction, but I believe war as we know it will not happen again because
its history is too well preserved.
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