...lot of reasons for war. It depends on why the war is being fought, who is fighting the war, and how the war is being fought. These are three big reason's that come to mind when I think about war and peace. Let's look at the first issue of war and that is why the war is being fought. There are many reasons for war. War is normally started by conflicting Idea's. If you look at the two major wars in American history, the Revolutionary and Civil war, you will see that they both were started because of conflicting idea's. Let's first look at the Revolutionary war which brought Independence to America. The reason it was fought was not for this reason only, but one of the major reason's was the colonies didn't want to be taxed without representation, which conflicted with the idea's of the British Empire. Did this war bring peace? Well it depends on which side of the war you were on. If you were on the colonies side then yes the Revolutionary war brought independence and more peace than there was before the war except for the lose of lives, which is always a factor of war. If you were on the British Empire side then no the war did not bring peace. The war was lost along with the 13 colonies and lives were lost. Now lets look at the Civil war. Another war that was fought over conflicting idea's. The North wanted to end slavery which conflicted with the South idea of wanting to keep slavery. After the war was fought slavery was ended. Did this war bring peace? Again it all depends...
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...War and Peace Thomas Merton wrote “Peace demands the most heroic labor and most difficult sacrifice. It demands great heroism than war. It demands greater fidelity to the truth and a much more perfect purity of conscience”. I believe that peace is needed in this present world,where you hear every country is in war with other countries, whether it is related to terrorism, religion, or any other reason. When many religious beliefs describes war as holy war against their opponents. It is very difficult to create peace from one side. Peace is always two sided. It should come from both parties at war whether it is countries or individual themselves What causes war in this world? There are many causes for war like differences in opinion, competition, religion,and fight for the dominance. On March 19, 2003 the US started a war with Iraq. Since the Persian Gulf War ended in 1991, the US and Iraq have been clashing. The US is a democracy and Iraq is a dictatorship so naturally each government would dislike the way of the other. I don’t think the Persian Gulf War was aimed at Saddam Hussein but at the type of government. The US has always disliked dictatorships, which is why we invaded Vietnam. This is why I think it is good that we are at war with Iraq. When the war began I was against it, I really didn’t know why we were going to war and I felt that we should not go into Iraq and destroy innocent people and, I felt that this war was more personal and about the oil but what it really...
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...the journey of Peace which is about to begin. I am about to introduce a leader whose words are a chain of lead, in hope that he can inspire all of us who have joined the journey and to persuade many more to grab the hand of god and together search for peace among all. A few months ago on January 6 the country went into war with our neighboring country Chile after they invaded the city of Tacna, not willing to lose part of our territory again, the military opted to fight back resulting in the beginning of a war, breaking the peace of our nation. In response to the events, I present to you an individual...
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...''Tonight to you, the great silent majority of my fellow Americans, I ask for your support,… for the more divided we are at home, the less likely the enemy is to negotiate …. Let us be united for peace. Let us also be united against defeat. Because let us understand: North Vietnam cannot defeat or humiliate the United States. Only Americans can do that "(Nixon). After President Nixon got elected, he wanted to gradually fade out the Vietnam War, because he did no want his American citizens getting killed. In the speech “the great silent majority” Richmond M. Nixon uses pathos, logos, and rhetorical questions in order to slowly fade the Americans out of the Vietnam War, and to persuade Americans this was a good plan. To start off, President...
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...peaceful religions and thus will bring peace to the world today. Essentially, every world religion supports and professes ‘peace’ through their various sacred writings and scriptures. However, war and violence can certainly be recognised historically, and at present within religion. What is the notion of ‘peace’? And how exactly have these religions assisted in the promotion of peace historically? How may these religions help is creating a further peaceful world within the 21st century? This essay will discuss how two major world religions grasp diverse spiritual and religious traditions and how each of these religions has contributed to the future establishment of a global culture of peace. Peace cannot simply be defined as there are many different perceptions of the idea. Wikipedia attempts in defining peace as ‘A state of harmony characterised by the lack of violence, conflict behaviours and the freedom from fear of violence.’ However, Sandy and Perkins (2001) state that: “any attempt to articulate the nature of peace and peacemaking must address those conditions which are favourable to their emergence. Freedom, human rights, and justice are among such prerequisites. Also included are proactive strategies such as conflict resolution, nonviolent action, community building, and democratisation of authority.” The concept of peace must also recognise and acknowledge with the alternate, war, due to the great worth of violence to their world. While war has conveyed horrible behaviour...
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...Should Wars Be Obsolete? With history comes conflicts over struggles for power and dominance between countries. Wars not only cause destruction, but also hardship, sorrow, and stress on their family members. There are many views on wars, and whether they should be solved by force or by verbal reconciliation. Words like peace, power, devastation, and despair come to mind when I think or hear the word war. War not only helps strengthen our nation, but it will help bring in jobs and we can help our nations in need. The U.S. has been in many wars and spent precious lives, without it we would not be where we are today. On December 8, 1941, the U.S. signed a declaration to go to war against Japan and later with Germany. World War II was known as “the good war” (Pauwels). Although WWII was one of many gruesome wars the U.S. had fought it was widely celebrated as a “crusade.” Many veterans lives were lost in this war. G.C. Marshall says "We are determined that before the sun sets on this terrible struggle our flag will be recognized throughout the world as a symbol of freedom on the one hand, of overwhelming power on the other” (Marshall). On August 6, 1945, and August 9, 1945, two atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki changing the world forever. These bombs symbolized strength and power to all of the world. The U.S. not only won but, established dominance throughout the world. This war brought many jobs and helped bring the United States out of the Great Depression...
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...competition, seeming unfair, and by mix-ups and misunderstandings of the other's behavior. Peace is an equally beneficial relationship, which has non to low levels of violent behavior and aggression. Peacemaking is used in effort to resolve conflict. To give an end to conflict. Before peacemaking has an influence on any circumstances there needs to be a conflict an issue, something that is not agreed upon. One type of conflict is the Iraq War. A group of people create camps in the war zones helping the people fight in contradiction of the war, by developing relationships and giving a sense of authorization to the Iraqi people. Peacemaking is bringing a conflict to a resolution not just suppressing it or coverin it up. Peace comes when the two different sides can reconcile alterations and reach an agreement. Peacemaking is what brings toxic forces and damaging conflict to a beneficial resolution. Peacemaking is making peace by settling disputes between groups, individuals, nations, communities, and even within families An article that can be used as an example of peacemaking and conflict resolution is that of the Iraq War in the United States. A religious peacemaking organization assists in the anti-war movement they are known as The Christian Peacemaking Teams. The Gishes’ are a husband and wife team that stand strong in contradiction of the war believing that relationship building is important. The...
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...Women’s Power Thao Vo Monday 4:30-5:45 War, the word that has been and will always be the word that no one wants to hear or think about. Aristophanes, a writer of ancient Athens, wrote a comedy to discuss the serious topic of war and how it affected the Greeks. He is also the author of Lysistrata, a play where Aristophanes expressed his feeling and thought about the war during this period of time. “Aristophanes wrote to express his vision on life, his delight in life itself seen behind the warping screen of contemporary event.” In this play, we will get to see the importance and serious meaning of war toward the union, espectually the soldiers’ family. The play Lysistrata is about the war between Athens and Sparta. This play is about the story of “ an Athenian matron who convinces the women of Athens and Sparta to withhold sex from their husband until they sign a peace treaty.”The main character is Lysistrata, and she is one of the Athens’ women that willingly to stand up toward the men just to bring peace back. She does not want war between the cities in Greeks. Lysistrata wanted to save Greeks and she believed that if all the women agreed then they can achieve the tremendous goal. “So fine it comes to this--Greece saved by Woman!” She held a meeting with all the other women and told them about her plan to bring peace. There is only one way to save the union is to make all the women withhold sexual privileges with their husband. “sexually explicitly to a degree that can...
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...why the EU was awarded the Peace Nobel Prize in 2012. Did the EU deserve the award? In this essay we will be discussing on how the EU has come about since its first came about and the successes and failures it has had since then. Then we will be linking this to what the Nobel peace prize is and try and explain on the reasons the EU has been awarded the Nobel peace prize in 2012, and evaluate to discuss on if the EU deserved the award. The Nobel Prize is a conventional annual international awards given in a number of categories by Swedish and Norwegian committees in achievements and recognition of academic, peace, cultural and/or scientific advances Firstly, we can understand the background of the European union from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community made in 1951 and 1958 from these Six countries of Belgium, France, West Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. The EU is a group of liberal democratic countries that have come together in order to improve the living conditions of its members. It was created in the outcome of the second world war one of its first agendas was to improve the economy and its trade and to create an economic corporation. The idea of making a country to work together and trade therefore making them interdependent and avoid conflict with each other. This was created in order to avoid the bloody conflict European countries faced e.g. Germany, France and bring a long lasting peace. After the berlin wall fell...
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...TOPROMOTE PEACE” |Peace Education | http://missmakanani.blogspot.com/2007/07/50-ways-to-promote-peace.html 1. Make friends with someone of another race, ethnicity, age, ability, or sexual orientation. Appreciating and embracing diversity helps to promote peace. 2. Get to know your neighbors. It’s hard to reclaim peace without a sense of community. 3. Take an adventure to neighborhoods of your town or country that are ethnically focused to appreciate diverse cultures. Cross-cultural understanding is key to building peace. 4. Travel to learn. Get first-hand experience in how things happen in other places and bring home questions about how you do things at home. 5. Drive with patience and tolerance. Keep the peace on our streets and highways. 6. Listen more. Really listen, without giving unsolicited advice. The validation of being heard is often more important than solving the problem. 7. Spend time with a youngster. This can often remind us of the meaning of a peaceful world. 8. Practice the art of patience. Be careful not to rush to judgment or action. 9. Start peace conversations...
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...factors. First, the major factors that aided in shift of the decline. What effect did the “Thirty Year War’ have on the overall decline of European Christianity. What effect did “The Thirty Year War” have concerning religious commitment and civil and political concerning life? Then I will focus on other factors that brought Europeans Christianity to the point that it came to in the past, and look at other factors as well. Finally, I will paint a clear picture as to the effect of all the concerns that I have taken place (years of war), and look to see the positive and the negative effect all the different changes has brought. Wars of Religion These wars set the stage regarding the progress and the decline regarding Christianity, one would think that this form of action (War) would somehow aid in the advancement of Christianity (this not the case). Then religious values were regarded as of primary concern. The great thinkers on political and economic subjects usually based their ideas on religious principles. The major wars were Wars of Religion.[1] As we read from the above statement, the religious values are a major concern, even to the point that war would breakout. So it is of these values that war wages forth, but the wars that should have aided in bringing the thought of religious ideas, has brought about “The war of Religion”. It was thought that through these wars...
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...Was the Treaty of Versailles Responsible for World War II? I don't think that the Treaty of Versailles was responsible for World War II. The treaty did cause some disruptions, but I don't think that it was the singular cause of the war. It left Germany with nothing, and Hitler promised the Germans that everything would get better. The treaty definitely lead to a rise in fascism, and I think that allowed Hitler to start “rebuilding” Germany. There were a lot of flaws, and not everyone was happy with the treaty, but the ideal was to bring peace to the countries. It was hard to satisfy everyone, so the Treaty of Versailles was made to at least stop the fighting. Germany was treated unfairly and was blamed for the war, but the treaty didn’t cause...
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...ensure peace and security in the commonwealth, and have a smooth function. Sovereignty is the foundation of authority and the representation of power underlying all civil peace. It is an artificial person, a creation of human ingenuity, a product of art, and it is not natural. The people come together to create sovereign and to bring about that commodious living (p.78, prg.14). Since the people create it, the power is based on the people to become the representative and bring peace and security. To ensure peace, an individual must obey his sovereign in all things, and Hobbes shows that obedience to a single master of the sovereign always provides security in his life (p.80, prg.4). We can see however, that there is an issue behind the obedience of an individual. Human beings have desires that are unlimited, and if human beings are set free, a state of war is inescapable. In order to avoid this state of war, absolute sovereignty is necessary. These desires are driven by two strong passions that Hobbes believe are the most powerful to motivate us (p.30). The concept of fear, specifically of violent death, triggers the need to defend oneself in any way possible. Self-defense against violent death is Hobbe’s highest necessity, “The sum of the right of nature; which is, by all means we can, to defend ourselves” (p. 80, prg. 4). Hobbes states that the right for self-defense will eventually turn into a state of war, for the protection of oneself, which will disrupt the peace and security...
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...War is dishonourable Good afternoon fellow philosophers! Let me tell you about an unpleasant truth often overlooked… There are many evils in this world, but only one of them can be necessary in extreme cases. EVERYONE knows that this necessary evil is WAR. WAR is a part of human nature where people are born with an instinct to disagree, whatever the consequences maybe. War is harsh War is cruel, but if we didn’t have courageous soldiers to fight for our country’s rights the world wouldn’t be the world that we know it to be today. HOWEVER I completely DISAGREE…. If war wasn't in the world to begin with, we as a human race would be a lot better off!!! The world has already faced three World Wars and now facing the added dimension of terrorism and suicide bombers that have taken countless numbers of innocent lives. Yes, the world has seen a lot of war. But has it solved any problems? I firmly speak for the proposition 'War is dishonourable’ It creates more problems than it solves'. Wars have left in their wake only death and destruction. The feelings of hatred, jealousy and greed that cause war still remain. Children have become orphans, entire cities have been destroyed, many have become refugees and large numbers have lost their livelihood and sunk into poverty. These are the legacies of war. Wouldn't people agree with me that war has certainly created more problems than it has solved, you only have to watch the news each night to be reminded of the atrocities that are...
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...The Civil War in Guatemala that ran throughout the Cold War Era had very devastating effects on the country and its citizens. With military conflict’s continuously being the case in the nation, and counter insurgencies to attempt to overthrow the government, nobody seemed safe in Guatemala. It was obvious that this conflict needed to end, and eventually, the United States backed coup and the Guatemalan government came to an agreement known as the Guatemalan Peace Accords. Although these accords attempted to bring peace to the nation, problems ensued as agreements were not fully met, and fighting continued through the Seven year negotiations. The reasons for these peace negotiations were obvious; to conclude the civil war and create a better...
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