There is one important question that has to be asked: "What are the reasons for war?" To be able to answer this question you have to look back at the history of our society. There are of course many reasons which add up to a violent conflict but the major cause of war is simply gaining more power. And how do you achieve this goal? - by winning more land, which gives you a greater supply of raw-materials; by robbing the goods of your enemy; by becoming a greater population and taxing more money and so on. There is always the greed of a few leading people for power, for money behind it. These people find methods to manipulate their citizens, so that they don't doubt the necessity of war. For example Hitler simulated an attack by Pola

For me the only way to preserve peace is to search for the reasons of conflicts and then get together and talk about the mistakes that happened in the past. Why are people willing to die in Palestine or why is there so much hate against the U.S.A in the Islamic world?. These are questions that have to be asked not only from politicians but also from every single citizen. But these are questions which aren't discussed enough on TV. I just see "cheap" Hollywood productions which are more or less nothing more than primitive propaganda for war. If we always react with violence there is going to be a spiral of violence which doesn't bring a solution to all the problems.

But of course there is no doubt that not being prepared for military actions is not a safe situation either, because a country who isn't able to defend himself is just turning into an easy target for other countries. There has to be a representative force of a country which protects the basic human-rights of the people.

nd soldiers against German troops. This way he could convince the Germans to fight against Poland and the killings were justified. Nationalism was and is a major force to convince people to fight in a war.

But another historical fact is th

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