War is known for being insatiable as is the cost of war. As it preys on society, people keep voraciously feeding into it. War has an unappeasable hunger. The blood must continue to flow up until one side surrenders. We live in a society that deems murder illegal. Doesn’t that mean every soldier to take a life is guilty of what’s punishable by death? The first innocent man to be executed is when the cost of war is far too high.

War is the outcome of poor negotiation and the inability to put personal vendettas aside and have peace over death. The act of war has been used far too often to even be considered a wild card. Society makes starting a war out to be a grown political party’s version of a temper tantrum. Moreover, the goal of war is to weaken the military potential of the enemy. In order to win the war one must make the other participant surrender by any means necessary. Society has stretched the word “any” to great lengths just so their actions are “justifiable.” Billions of women, men, and children have lost their lives due to said justifiable actions.

Those who choose to join the military understand that they will be trained to kill other human beings. War makes monsters out of men, turning them undoubtedly into killing machines. There are a large percentage of people who fought in long battles just to come out the other side knowing not one logical reason for the scars left behind. The bloodshed seamlessly leaves them blind and desensitized to the destruction surrounding them. The mental cost given to men and women fighting for their prospective countries should be unconstitutional. How far is society willing to go for issues solved with destruction and economic decline?

It is often thought that the cost of war is a necessary evil and an honorable one at that. Those same people also believe that some situations can’t be solved by a handshake. However, pacifists believe war is unjustifiable, and that countries or factions inside of one’s disagreements can be solved with peace. With that being said, war is red, blood soaked with cruel intentions, even if the men and women fighting do not harbor cruel ideals. The act of war makes honest men numb and irreparable.

War is barbaric with costs exceedingly high. I humbly ask those reading to not have spouses, children, family, and friends mourn the loss of more soldiers. Everybody is so devoted to the idea of peace, yet very few have stood up and taken measures to pursue it. To love thy neighbor and leave hatred behind is such a strong sentiment…Love. Not. Hate.