Argumentative Essay: Can War Be Avoided?

As the soldiers trudged along the sheer mountain peak, one word echoing through their minds. War. Their hypnotized and manipulated brains were forced to believe that war was the only way for freedom. They were compelled to believe that fighting would lead to peace. But it surely didn’t. World War I resolved in the hopes of a better future. But instead war breed war and World War II – deadlier than the first – was fought, bravely. But the soldiers would never understand because they were pushed far too deep into the game.

Good morning Ms. Byre and my fell classmates. Thank you for taking the time to listen to my speech. As you know, war has been said to be an integral part of the society but I think war can and should be avoided since it is

He continues, “Today, we know that this is nonsense. The 1990s boom showed that peace is economically far better than war. The Gulf war of 1991 demonstrated that wars can actually be bad for an economy.” Additionally, the Broken Window Fallacy states how horrible war is for the economy in the long run. Basically, war can be paid for in three ways: the government can increase taxes or it can take massive loans from the bank or it can decrease spending from other industries. Increasing taxes will result in citizens spending less money, causing the economy to go down. Taking loans will only cause an increase in taxes or decrease in another sector. Either which ways the government ends up blowing money into something that will never return the money or give anything useful

The harmful and toxic weapons and bombs used damage the environment for years on end. Furthermore, war endangers animal’s lives and destroys their habitats. A German officer in 1918 explained how the Flanders fields looked after the war. He described, “dumb, black stumps of shattered trees which still stick up where there used to be villages. Flayed by splinters of bursting shells, they stand like corpses upright. Not a blade of grass anywhere. Just miles of flat, empty, broken and tumbled stone.’’ Every year, human bones appear from the fields. Lately, nuclear bombs have been responsible for destroying life. Nuclear waste is a global issue that is persistent and threatens to kill all in its way. Long after the war, poisonous and toxic chemicals travel the globe in the atmosphere and ocean currents. Not only do they harm plants and animals but also human exposure to nuclear and chemical tests can lead to high infant mortality, leukaemia, malformed foetuses and other forms of cancer. Unfortunately, nuclear waste can never be completely eliminated so it is best to neglect nuclear bombs all