Thursday, August 14, 2014

The Erroneousness of Our 21st Century World

           The world, in any era, always has conflicts. From 431 B.C, the Pelopponesian War between Athens and Sparta, to the Crusades in the High Middle Age, and to the 21st century, the era we now live in, has many wars around the world. The most notorious war is the war against terrorism in the Middle East conducted by U.S after the event of 09/11/2001, and continued by a chain of events in the Middle East, i.e. Syria, Libya, and recently, Iraq and Ukraine. Many extremist with biased belief raged war just to defend their credence. Tension between countries have risen to an alert rate. This could result in a third World War which could wipe out human race and bring us back to the stone age. The last World War, U.S "introduced" us to one of the most powerful weapon in the world, nuclear weapon, when they bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki to force Japan to surrender unconditionally. Now, many countries have nuclear weapon at their hands, and if World War 3 happens, human race as we know it would be extinct. A terrible fiasco happened to one of the Malaysian Airplane, MH 17, where it was shot down by a missile while flying over Ukraine. Prior to that, there was a separation of Ukraine leading to an insurgent. The missile killed everyone in that airplane, sadly. In conclusion, war is always a matter that we should not take lightly and try to compromise through peace to augment our world.

1 comment:

  1. War is an issue that pains the world, and only a few countries are fortunate to avoid it on a yearly basis. The fundamental problem is that people, and countries are self-interested. How do you change something that so widely prevalent in people?

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