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Balancing War and Peace
The most controversial topic is, arguably, war. Every person has an opinion on whether his country, or even other countries, should wage a war. Talk shows devote a large amount of discussion to this debate. Should Israel declare war on the Palestinians is the current hot topic. People will even argue about whether a war should have even been waged, such as the current United States-Iraq conflict. It is interesting to note that there is rarely a discussion of the gains of fighting a war, rather the focus is almost solely on the losses that the war will bring. While it is not my intention to minimize the losses, which usually are of human lives, the question that should be deliberated is what are the gains of war and peace, as it encompasses every detail that should be pondered.
The losses that a war engenders are quite obvious. There is always lives that are lost, and the lost of one life is reason enough to back away from a military encounter. Civilian......

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