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Submitted to Contest #105
Why do humans wage wars? This had been a question I had been asking myself for centuries. Do they do it because they like it? I do not think so, for they scream and cower and tremble. They do not do it to protect people, for millions die. They do not do it for peace, for these wars are synonymous with chaos. They do not do it for fraternity, for they take arms against one another, against their own. Why do humans wage wars? I finally figured the answer out during the occurrence of the First World War. And it came about after much ref...
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