War

"In all history there is no war which was not hatched by the governments alone, independent of the interests of the people, to whom war is always pernicious even when successful." - Leo Tolstoy

Who is war really good for except the people who decide to start it? It's like in a game of chess. They send out the pawns whilst protecting the king, when really it is the kings who should be going head to head. They use people and they don't care. They offer you training, a house, travelling, all these things for free. But it comes at a price. a price which could cost you your life. A price which means being away from home, from family, from reality. Missing your baby's first steps, first word, first tooth.

   They tell you we're fighting for democracy, for rights, against terrorists, but isn't war terrorism? All those innocent men, women and children being brutally murdered for the cause. If we are fighting for rights, then we are going the wrong way about it. If a child is killed by a bomb, their father and mother are going to go to war against whoever dropped it. Surely we're just causing more agro? A dispute cannot be solved through arguing. A dispute cannot be solved through war; by one man, one country being more powerful than another. How can they think that what they are doing is something good?

  

   War is killing our families. It is making us angry and the only people it is going to hurt is ourselves.