War is an interaction in which two or more opposing forces confront each other. This is in no way foreign to us, even if we haven't had the drama of having to experience it. Whether in films, real-life stories, or war experiences, we are well exposed to the horrors of human crime, suffering, and destruction. Many believe that such depictions are usually sensationalized in order to attract an audience, but in my opinion war can never be justified. Despite the common argument that war causes liberalism, it causes economic problems, loss of life, and suffering. The enormous suffering that results from war is unimaginable. Innocent civilians are maimed or killed while soldiers suffer irreparable physical and mental damage, even years after the war. The effects of Agent Orange used during the Vietnam War more than twenty years ago are still felt today by many young children with huge heads swollen from inhaling the gas. Many wars have been accompanied by significant depopulations. During the Thirty Years' War in Europe, for example, the population ...