War

A contest between nations or states, carried on by force, either for defense, or for revenging insults and redressing wrongs, for the extension of commerce or acquisition of territory, or for obtaining and establishing the superiority and dominion of one over the other. These objects are accomplished by the slaughter or capture of troops, and the capture and destruction of ships, towns and property. Among rude nations, war is often waged and carried on for plunder.

 As war is the contest of nations or states, it always implies that such contest is authorized by the monarch or the sovereign power of the nation. When war is commenced by attacking a nation in peace, it is called an offensive war, and such attack is aggressive. 

When war is undertaken to repel invasion or the attacks of an enemy, it is called defensive, and a defensive war is considered as justifiable. Very few of the wars that have desolated nations and deluged the earth with blood, have been justifiable.

Researchers have calculated that since 3600 BC, there have been 14,531 wars resulting in 3 billion deaths over the years (current world population: 6 billion). 

Peace prevailed for a total of only 292 years on earth, about 5% of the time.

Currently there are over 30 armed conflicts or "wars" taking place around the world.

Wars since the 1990s have been mainly internal. They have been brutal, claiming more than 5 million lives. They have violated, not so much borders, as people. Humanitarian conventions have been routinely flouted, civilians and aid workers have become strategic targets, and children have been forced to become killers.

"Nonviolence is the answer to the crucial political and moral questions of our time: the need for man to overcome oppression and violence without resorting to oppression and violence. Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love."

-Martin Luther King, Jr.

Extermination of People

By conservative estimates, the  Native American population of the United states prior to European contact was greater than 12 million. The Native American population in the 1990 U.S. Census was 1.8 million. There are 560 American Indian tribes that have tribal governments that are recognized by the United States in a government to government relationship. The United States has failed to fulfill the terms of over 300 treaties agreed to with Native Americans.  There are also approximately 314 federal Indian reservations in the United States.

In World War II  Nazi led Germany killed an estimated 6 million Jewish people.

In the  bloody civil war in The Congo over 2.5 million people have died.

Terrorism

The unlawful use or threatened use of force or violence by a person or an organized group against people or property with the intention of intimidating or coercing societies or governments, often for ideological or political reasons.

 If the people of the Earth do not learn to live together in harmony we will cease to exist-the apathy, greed, conspiracy, desperation and hate in the world must be replaced with peace, caring, cooperation, understanding and hope.

Ongoing World Conflicts 

UNITED STATES

• United States vs. al-Qaeda & The Taliban & Osama bin Laden

• 9/11/01 New York and Washington, D.C. Attacked

• Iran vs. Kurds
• Iraq vs. U.S. & U.K.
• Israel vs. Hamas

• Afghanistan: Taliban vs. U.S. & U.K.

• India vs. Jammu & Kashmir Liberation Front

• India vs. Assam insurgents (ULFA & NDFB)

• India vs. Pakistan

• Indonesia & West Timor paramilitaries vs. UNTAET

• Indonesia vs. Aceh separatists

• Indonesia vs. Irian Jaya separatists

• Indonesia vs. Christians & Muslims in Maluccan Islands

• Uzbekistan vs. Islamic militants & drug gangs

• People's Republic of China vs. Tibet

• People's Republic of China vs. Uighur

• Philippines vs. Moro Islamic Liberation Front

• Philippines vs. New People's Army 

• Philippines vs. Abu Sayyaf

• Malaysia Sri Lanka vs. Tamil Eelam

• India Tajikistan vs. Islamic militants & drug gangs

• Uzbekistan vs. Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan & drug gangs

• Algeria vs. Armed Islamic Group (GIA)

• Angola vs. UNITA

• Burundi: Tutsi vs. Hutu

• Democratic Republic of Congo & "allies" vs. Rwanda, Uganda & indigenous rebels

• Ethiopia vs. Eritrea

• Guinea vs. rebels based in Sierra Leone & Liberia

• Rwanda: Tutsi vs. Hutu

• Sierra Leone and UNAMSIL vs. Revolutionary United Front and Liberia

• Sudan vs. Sudanese People's Liberation Army

• Uganda vs. Lord's Army

• Russia vs. Chechnya

• Kosovo: Albanians vs. Serbs & other minorities

• Colombia vs. National Liberation Army (ELN)

• Peru vs. Sendero Luminoso

• Colombia vs. Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)

• Colombia vs. Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia (AUC)

"War has shattered Many young men's dreams We've got no place for it today They say we must fight to keep our freedom But Lord, there's just got to be a better way It ain't nothing but a heartbreaker War Friend only to the undertaker War War War-Good God, now Now Give it to me one time now now now .....

War.. What is it good for?Absolutely Nothing!"

                                                                                                  -Mr. Edwin Starr / Agent Double-O Soul

 

 

Armed forces (thousands)

1	China	2,255
2	United States	1,506
3	India	1,316
4	Russian Federation	1,027
5	Korea (Republic of)	687
6	Pakistan	619
7	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	545
8	Turkey	515
9	Egypt	469
10	Viet Nam	455
11	Myanmar	375
12	Syrian Arab Republic	308
13	Thailand	307
14	Indonesia	302
15	Brazil	288
16	France	255
17	Germany	246
18	Japan	240
19	Mexico	238
20	Saudi Arabia	225
21	Colombia	209
22	Eritrea	202
23	Morocco	201
24	United Kingdom	191
25	Italy	191
26	Ukraine	188
27	Israel	168
28	Ethiopia	153
29	Sri Lanka	151
30	Spain	147
31	Greece	147
32	Poland	142
33	Algeria	138
34	Bangladesh	127
35	Cambodia	124
36	Malaysia	109
37	Angola	107
38	Philippines	106
39	Sudan	105
40	Jordan	101
41	Nigeria	85
42	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	82
43	Peru	80
44	Chile	76
45	Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	76
46	Singapore	73
47	Belarus	73
48	Argentina	72
49	Lebanon	72
50	Romania	70
51	Nepal	69
52	Azerbaijan	67
53	Yemen	67
54	Kazakhstan	66
55	Canada	63
56	South Africa	62
57	Ecuador	57
58	Uzbekistan	55
59	Netherlands	53
60	Australia	52
61	United Arab Emirates	51
62	Bulgaria	51
63	Congo (Democratic Republic of the)	51
64	Cuba	49
65	Bolivia	46
66	Uganda	45
67	Portugal	44
68	Armenia	44
69	Oman	42
70	Austria	40
71	Belgium	40
72	Tunisia	35
73	Burundi	35
74	Rwanda	33
75	Hungary	32
76	Finland	29
77	Lao People's Democratic Republic	29
78	Zimbabwe	29
79	Sweden	28
80	Tanzania (United Republic of)	27
81	Turkmenistan	26
82	Czech Republic	25
83	Uruguay	25
84	Dominican Republic	25
85	Kenya	24
86	Norway	23
87	Denmark	22
88	Croatia	21
89	Côte d'Ivoire	17
90	Chad	17
91	Kuwait	16
92	El Salvador	16
93	Guatemala	16
94	Mauritania	16
95	Slovakia	15
96	Zambia	15
97	Nicaragua	14
98	Ghana	14
99	Madagascar	14
100	Cameroon	14
101	Senegal	14
102	Kyrgyzstan	13
103	Qatar	12
104	Lithuania	12
105	Bosnia and Herzegovina	12
106	Honduras	12
107	Guinea	12
108	Bahrain	11
109	Albania	11
110	Macedonia (TFYR)	11
111	Georgia	11
112	Djibouti	11
113	Mozambique	11
114	Burkina Faso	11
115	Sierra Leone	11
116	Ireland	10
117	Cyprus	10
118	Paraguay	10
119	Congo	10
120	New Zealand	9
121	Mongolia	9
122	Botswana	9
123	Namibia	9
124	Togo	9
125	Guinea-Bissau	9
126	Tajikistan	8
127	Slovenia	7
128	Brunei Darussalam	7
129	Moldova	7
130	Mali	7
131	Latvia	5
132	Gabon	5
133	Benin	5
134	Malawi	5
135	Niger	5
136	Switzerland	4
137	Estonia	4
138	Fiji	4
139	Trinidad and Tobago	3
140	Jamaica	3
141	Papua New Guinea	3
142	Central African Republic	3
143	Malta	2
144	Suriname	2
145	Lesotho	2
146	Luxembourg	1
147	Barbados	1
148	Bahamas	1
149	Belize	1
150	Guyana	1
151	Cape Verde	1
152	Equatorial Guinea	1
153	Timor-Leste	1