I must confess that at the beginning of this assignment I was not sure that my blog would take any definite shape. Now looking back, I see that the use of questions as a theme proved to be quite effective in dealing with the topics of war and peace. The main reason being that war has no clean cut explanations. The reason for conflicts and the results of them are multi-faceted and need to be looked at analytically and from several viewpoints. Asking questions provides a good start for this.
A truth that I feel I have realized is human nature dictates the need for war. I feel this is proven through the fact that time and time again throughout history humans know what war does and the destruction that is always left in its past. Despite this fact, humans always revert back to the practice of killing each other as a means of resolving an array of issues. However, this fails to explain extreme aspects of war, such as the atrocities of the Holocaust.
No question can yield an answer for something such as the Holocaust. But by asking them the discussion to assure that nothing so horrible happens again can begin. Again, this is a bit disheartening because questioning terrible events has also been a common practice throughout history. Yet, it only seems to develop rather than correct anything.
Ultimately I have been working toward one question; will war ever stop? I submit the answer, no. It is inherent in our society, our history and our future. It is the only guaranteed, effective way to bolster change of some sort. Political means can work, but when discussions become exhausted and certain people become impatient an armed conflict will break out. Time and time again. It’s a bit pessimistic but when you look at the facts it is hard to think otherwise. War is simply human.
