Let's Talk War

If you would scroll down in my past posts, you would stumble along a post about a soldier’s story. It was a blog entry for my EUROCIR class wherein we were asked to tell a story about our interaction with someone who has experienced being in a war. I never felt so concerned about the ongoing war before since I thought before that it doesn’t really affect us. However, studying International Studies gave me an idea that each of the world events are interconnected and that it does affect each one of us, in one way or another. Last time I was in the province to visit my family, I was asked by my brother about the capture of Osama Bin Laden, which I fairly have knowledge about (thanks to EUROCIR class). I told him that the United States felt the need to capture Osama Bin Laden because they feel that his leadership and his terrorist group is a threat to their own state. My Mom made a side comment on how I now talk like an International Studies student after, which made me think a lot because I barely feel the change myself. Back to the topic of war, I believe that violence is not the answer and as an IS student, diplomacy is better. I don’t get it how one would go in to war without talking it out first? Why would one state resort to violence and war when it is not really good for their citizens? In class, we talk about why states are belligerent. The reasons for it are economic reasons, territorial ambitions, an evil leader, competing political ideologies, strategic concerns, etc. I still believe that states should first resort to diplomacy than waging war against other states. War doesn’t solve anything.