“The pen is mightier than the sword,” was once said by Edward Bulwer-Lytton.
As kids we were always taught that war is a terrible thing. Most people taught us that war can always be avoided and that it is a waste of life. As kids a lot of us played war. Making guns with our fingers and making cheesy gun sounds by blowing raspberries. We were always taught about the major wars, like WWI and WWII. We were also taught about the important wars America has been in. Like the Revolutionary War and the Civil War. In both those wars America was fighting for freedom among other things. America fought hard in both of these wars. The Civil War was even fought amongst each other, with brothers fighting against brothers. Both wars featured a big loss of life for America. Though the most destructive war ever was WWII, with approximately 60,000,000–85,000,000 people killed. …show more content…
In WWII Hitler was only stopped by Allied forces when they defeated his Nazi army. The Civil War also solved the slavery problem in America. The Persian Gulf War solved the problem of Iraq encroaching into Kuwait. In my personal opinion, war can sometimes be necessary to stop an
As kids we were always taught that war is a terrible thing. Most people taught us that war can always be avoided and that it is a waste of life. As kids a lot of us played war. Making guns with our fingers and making cheesy gun sounds by blowing raspberries. We were always taught about the major wars, like WWI and WWII. We were also taught about the important wars America has been in. Like the Revolutionary War and the Civil War. In both those wars America was fighting for freedom among other things. America fought hard in both of these wars. The Civil War was even fought amongst each other, with brothers fighting against brothers. Both wars featured a big loss of life for America. Though the most destructive war ever was WWII, with approximately 60,000,000–85,000,000 people killed. …show more content…
In WWII Hitler was only stopped by Allied forces when they defeated his Nazi army. The Civil War also solved the slavery problem in America. The Persian Gulf War solved the problem of Iraq encroaching into Kuwait. In my personal opinion, war can sometimes be necessary to stop an