Since wars keep on taking place, won't there be any peace on earth ?

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   agusfananiposted 13 years ago

   Since wars keep on taking place, won't there be any peace on earth ?

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   Shahid Bukhariposted 13 years ago

   Wars do not happen of their own ...
   
   Wars are made to happen, by Fools ... in these times ... because in this bunch of fools, are those, called the Arms Manufacturers and Politicians ... who maddened by their egos, want to rule the world ... by enslaving !
   
   Because ... these fools want to live in huge estates, drink the best wines .. dance with the prettiest women ... and wield power over fellow humans ... till time takes its toll ... the baritones become wrinkled sopranos ... biding time ... fearing the end.

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   Squirrelgonzoposted 13 years ago

   Here is a poem and a quote I found for you. I hope they help.
   
   
   
       The Sheepdogs
   
   
       Most humans truly are like sheep
       Wanting nothing more than peace to keep
       To graze, grow fat and raise their young,
       Sweet taste of clover on the tongue.
       Their lives serene upon Life’s farm,
       They sense no threat nor fear no harm.
       On verdant meadows, they forage free
       With naught to fear, with naught to flee.
       They pay their sheepdogs little heed
       For there is no threat; there is no need.
   
       To the flock, sheepdog’s are mysteries,
       Roaming watchful round the peripheries.
       These fang-toothed creatures bark, they roar
       With the fetid reek of the carnivore,
       Too like the wolf of legends told,
       To be amongst our docile fold.
       Who needs sheepdogs? What good are they?
       They have no use, not in this day.
       Lock them away, out of our sight
       We have no need of their fierce might.
   
       But sudden in their midst a beast
       Has come to kill, has come to feast
       The wolves attack; they give no warning
       Upon that calm September morning
       They slash and kill with frenzied glee
       Their passive helpless enemy
       Who had no clue the wolves were there
       Far roaming from their Eastern lair.
       Then from the carnage, from the rout,
       Comes the cry, “Turn the sheepdogs out!”
   
       Thus is our nature but too our plight
       To keep our dogs on leashes tight
       And live a life of illusive bliss
       Hearing not the beast, his growl, his hiss.
       Until he has us by the throat,
       We pay no heed; we take no note.
       Not until he strikes us at our core
       Will we unleash the Dogs of War
       Only having felt the wolf pack’s wrath
       Do we loose the sheepdogs on its path.
   
       And the wolves will learn what we’ve shown before;
       We love our sheep, we Dogs of War.
   
       Russ Vaughn
       2d Bn, 327th Parachute Infantry Regiment
       101st Airborne Division
       Vietnam 65-66
   
   
   "War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself."
   
   John Stuart-Mill

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   swift364posted 13 years ago

   Peace on earth??  The last--and only time--there was true peace on earth was the period in the Garden of Eden before Eve decided to let herself be seduced by the serpent.

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   Mmargie1966posted 13 years ago

   I don't believe there will be total, true peace on Earth until the second coming of Christ Jesus.  We are born into an evil world, and many of us use the good that God instills in each of us to repel evil.
   
   There have been wars and murder since the beginning of mankind.  I do believe, however, that the good in the world does outweigh the bad.

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   sacredlilacposted 13 years ago

   War is too good a business to end it.
   
   I just read this last night: the biggest buyers of arms currently are India & Pakistan (hostile towards each other), South Korea (hostile towards North Korea), China, and Singapore.
   
   The largest arms suppliers? It's no surprise: the United States, Russia, Germany, France and the UK.  Only Germany doesn't hold veto power on the UN.
   
   So, while coffers are being lined, don't expect peace to come easily. However, I believe it can happen.

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