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Why? A Personal Philosophy on War; Chapter 1 Pages 1-2
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A Personal Philosophy of War

Chapter 1
The Deceit behind the Battles

War. Sun Tzu (an ancient Chinese general and philosopher) once said “All war is deception”. In history it is proven that leaders can often times change the way that people think throw the terms of manipulation, lies, and quite often, fear, to make war and other choices they make seem suitable and logical. The point of this is to make the people of the leader’s country willing to follow what this leader’s believes. The problem here is, with the right motivation, it is possible to make entire countries believe that world is simple up for grabs. This, of course, is false. We no longer think the world is flat, the sun revolves around the earth, or sacrifices need to be made to in order to sail safely or have crops grow, so there is no reason to resort to ancient thoughts of world domination either.

The problem here lies in one uncontrollable urge in the human condition. This urge is the will to control and dominate. Humans have a basic need to be the “Top Dog”. Humans always want power. Power over their lives, over there standings, but overall, humans want control and power over other humans. Whether this implies that they want to rule countries, or are they just want the bragging rights to say that they won in an argument, all humans want this power in some way. Those who have the ability to govern or control the lives and abilities of other humans (especially large numbers of other humans) seem to be corrupted by their own version of this flaw that every human has. Granted, this urge that they seem to have is not necessarily there fault, it’s just the animal instinct inside every living being.

Between the years of 336 B.C. and 323 B.C., Alexander the Great reined as not just the leader of the Greek army, but as a tyrant of most of the known world at that time (i.e. today’s Asia). Now, I believe that it can be a pretty fair assumption to most stating that war is not beautiful in any way through an experienced soldier’s eye. Almost constantly (especially during such time as Alexander and his army before the Common Era) soldiers die constantly during times of war. Yes during battle you would expect that, but what is also important to realize is that in such times, there was little to no medical aid and the only realistic mode of transportation was walking. So quite often the wounded are left for dead as toughs how can still fight are forced to move on to the next battle. Imagine being in such times, fighting alongside of a very dear friend or quite likely a brother, seeing them get wounded and unable to fight, lying on the ground in ungodly pain, and then under penalty of death, are forced to leave him behind only to walk to the next fight where you have no idea if the same will happen to you. Now some may ask “Why would one ever be willing to go to such places and see such things?” and the answer is simple, deceit. If your ruler tells you that this war is for “the glory of your country, and will right all wrongs that have been written against us” (such as Adolf Hitler in World War II), you might have a sudden patriotic burst, and choose to fight alongside your friends and family, leading to nothing but death and mental and/or physical torment. Or you might be told that if you choose to fight in this war “all sins that you have committed shall be forgiven, and you shall be guided to the most holy of places”, (such as the case in the Holy Crusades), one might have a past in which they had to steal to keep their family fed, housed, or something else; then feel forced to fight because he wants to have a future of eternal happiness in heaven. Some humans feel obligated, or forced to fight in these ungodly places of death, destruction, and torment.

Now whether or not the Nazi’s knew that Hitler was going to have them kill around six million Jews, or if the Templar Knights died and went to heaven is rather irrelevant, except to point out the fact that if they did know, would they have taken part in these blood baths we call battles? I understand that there are those that would have joined with knowing these things for whatever reason, but my guess is that the vast majority of soldiers in these wars would not have willingly fought.
Edited by NecroNinja, Jul 27 2011, 01:25 PM.
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