6/02/2014

Perception of War.



People don’t see war as we did back in 1912 and 1939, back them we saw it as a game that we could win. Now this may be only my opinion but these days there are three very general ways I see joining the army.
1- you actually wish to serve and help others by representing your country in kindness and defence.
2- High school mixed with your life just really screwed with you and you say “why not? I really can’t see anything going my way any time soon” ( a lot more detailed but this is general)
3- A good way to get a scholarship and special training to get you importance and power in life.
Most know what they’re getting into if they go to the battlefield, someone you know might get wounded, maybe even die. You will see blood, poverty, ill-treatment of people, corrupted children; Nothing actually different than what you’ll see in your own town or city of you look hard enough. A first world country is no better than a third world country, the poverty and corruption is just less subtle and publicized.

1 comment:

Gemma Wiseman said...

Now there's a thought or two. Poverty and corruption exist in all countries, as you say. Sadly, it's the progressive countries that seem to introduce more poverty and corruption into the lesser developed worlds. It's a vicious that seems to feed on itself.