WAR AGAINST IRAQ; WHAT FUTURE FOR THE YOUTH?
I continue to wonder why for God sake the best way to get rid of bad leaders is to wage war against their countries. Why should we always be enemies of ourselves? Why must we continue to prefer war instead of peace? Who suffers the consequences of war? Do we always achieve our aims after the war? It has always been on record that wherever there has been war, kids and young people bear the main burden. The situation will be so intense that there would be no food and famine will definitely take over the lives of the people of the countries where war has been employed to make the so-called 'peace'. Do we actually need war to settle differences among us? I always cry... for the young people of war ravaged nations because there would definitely be no future for them after the war. I heard of a teenager in Kosovo who before the war, was planning to become a medical doctor to help his family and the whole community en bloc. But at the end of the war, his future became bleak and his aim was hindered because he lost one of his eyes and one of his hand was also cut-off during the war. What sort of misfortune is that? Will the America/British intention to wage against Iraq bring about the much-needed peace in Middle East and the world at large? Day in day out, there are reports of Israeli killing the people of Palestine and vice versa and no one dare move the mission to find permanent solution to the problems of killings the have pervaded the two nations for so long. Any way, hoping that our own generation will not continue languishing in poverty once more...
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