War and Peace

War creates peace. That's what many people of the United States think. In order for us, as a nation, to rid our selves from violence and war we need to set the example by not going to war. We went to Iraq for many controversial reasons. To protect our citizens, for payback, for peace. I don't buy it. Although many of see a positive in the Iraq war, it has caused our nation a whole lot of negative. All those unnecessary things our country had to go through because of the war will always stay with us, while the things we did in Iraq won't. The war in Iraq was a mistake for our country, and should be a lesson for our country in the future. A common word that is related to war is death. War is all about death. As a result to the war in Iraq, it has cause many deaths to those innocent civilians and to our brave soldiers that shouldn't have been in Iraq in the first place. A total of 4,486 U.S. Soldiers have lost there lives due to this battle that would bring peace. Four thousand families are in pain, are suffering, and are against war. All this suffering wasn't suppose to happen, but unfortunately that's the key product you get from war. In addition to the deaths of our troops, many innocent lives have been lost in Iraq as well. Over one-hundred thousand innocent lives have been lost over something that was suppose to protect the people from both countries, instead it has done the opposite. There is hundreds of thousands of mothers all over the nation, all over Iraq, grieving the lost of there there sibling, the loss of the life she brought to this world, all for something that should have not happened. Many of us take for granted when we here someone getting killed in war. Losing a brother, a sister, a father, a mother or a close friend of ours can change your life completely. Having people killed is not the right solution to any problem, just ask the millions of people out there who have lost someone dear to there heart for this thing we call war. As for all of us, we know how much money means to us in our lives, and how it can affect a family. The war in Iraq has cost us big time money. According to a study by Brown University's Watson Institute for International Studies, the final bill of the war is at around $3.7 Trillion and could reach up to $4.4 Trillion. That's money that was used for a war that brought nothing but madness and suffering from the citizens of our great nation. Money of that amount could have been used in variety of ways. It could been used for our schools, for the environment, for jobs, and for plenty of other issues and improvements. Instead that money was used for death, agony, pain, and millions of other emotions and things that have hurt us in so many different ways. The money is till being spent at this very moment on war, which is puzzling after all the misery it has caused. Money has been known to be a negative in many ways, but in our society and country, that money could have brought positives and happiness to many people in need. As far as war goes with death and money, there is many minor things that people overlook and don't really pay attention to. Psychological diseases and wounds to our troops may be the toughest thing to deal with when a soldier comes from war. Posttraumatic stress disorders is something that our soldiers have to deal with when returning from war. This severe disorder is something that our president, and congress don't have to go through, and put our soldiers through it. The symptoms of this severe disorder are flashbacks or nightmares of original traumas they had, difficulty falling asleep, anger, and hypervigilance. Disorders like these are taken for granted, and are really painful emotionally for those soldiers suffering from it and there families. Also, we don't mention the total amount of soldiers wounded, who are now crippled, or have one arm. There over 10,000 soldiers who have been wounded by war. War has caused pain, suffering and so much more to our soldiers that they shouldn't go through. Ultimately, war in Iraq has devastated us in every category you can name. Our economy has been down ever since we invaded Iraq. Deaths have been happening among the innocent and our troops. As a result, war is not an answer for fixing our problems. War makes more problems and doesn't fix the one's we need to fix. In conclusion, this war in Iraq has made us look silly, has devastated our country, and has cost the lives of thousands of innocent souls. The way we make peace is by promoting peace, and maybe finally would end the agony and suffering of war.