By Sara Niles Author of Torn From the Inside Out
War is the most costly government operation of all time,
because the currency of the interchange is human life and everyone loses in
war. As the modernity of the times produced superpowers, the wars have become
potential super wars: World Wars I and II were the first concrete examples of
wars out of control. In World War One, over 37,000,000 lives were lost, with
the greatest numbers of casualties suffered by the superpowers: over 65,000,000
were mobilized worldwide, with the greatest losses suffered by Russia, France
and Germany (http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/resources/casdeath_pop.html
). When you examine the numbers from the Second World War, the numbers appear
to come from a science fiction horror movie; because WWII was the biggest and deadliest
war in all of human history. You would think the world leaders would have
learned from the first war.
The dangers of declaring war versus the danger of not
declaring war-now that is the question facing the world leaders yet again.
Syria has committed the unthinkable and used chemicals to kill over 1400 people
(http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-23906913),
a mere harbinger of what they may do in the near future, if not stopped.
Now we are faced with a fearful decision that involves a two
pronged danger: the danger of war from action and the danger of war from
inaction- a critical dilemma of the worst kind. Will there be a need to fight
to protect the good in the world? And what will be the end after all is said
and done?
In the Lord of the Rings (Movie), Sam said to Frodo that
“… there's some good
in this world, Mr. Frodo... and it's worth fighting for”
