"There are no winners in a war, only losers." Discuss
Nobody needs any further clarification to the meaning of war, everyone knows what war is. It is a physical conflict between two or more countries. World War 1, World War 2, The Vietnam War and The Gulf War, each of these are historical wars, they bring about widespread famine, misery, destruction and death, just like any other war would. When a war sweeps through a continent or country, nothing is left intact in its wake. If war brings about such negative effects then, why do countries still go to war? Since the beginning of time, Man has learnt to solve their problems and conflicts by the use of violence - cavemen using clubs and stones fighting against each other for possession of women, food and territory is an everyday affair. Countries use war as a last resort when all else fails, it seems that by the use of military might, they hope to be able to suppress the weaker countries and make them conform. Some countries go to war when they do not like each other, when one country gets in the way of the other in territorial or economical conquest, it is time for someone to be obliterated. No one seems to be willing to give way or to accept resolutions as offered by third party nations. The phrase "Action speaks louder than w
As they say, Man never learns from his mistakes. World War Two soon erupted in less than twenty years. It was a war of even great scale, with battlegrounds all over the globe. It was not only a power struggle between Europe's great powers but also Asian powers. This was truly an even greater war than World War One. Hitler wanted more land, resources and power to his country and people, so he went to war and took over what he wanted. In the end, the Allied Nations defeated him. Apparently, by look at both World War One and World War Two, we can see that the Allied sides won both the wars. But at what cost, may I ask? By examining World War One statistics, the Allied Powers had casualty rates of about 22.1 million people while the Central Powers had casualty rates of only about 15.4 million people. Personally, I do not see the Allied Powers as winners, they might have won the war, but they have a very much higher (about 10 million!) casualty rating which should actually make them bigger losers than the Central Powers since the Central Powers lost lesser men in combat. No one wins, everybody loses, that's what I see. How can a country claim to be the winner when it has lost millions of precious lives of its citizens? How can a winner be a winner when he has annihilated millions of lives of his opposition? When we talk about war, the two greatest wars that ever happened in history that will immediately come to one's mind are World War One (1914 - 1918) and World War Two (1935-1949). World War One was a war without parallel - its scale
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