Nowadays in times of the so-called "Global Village" there are many wars going on, which are not anymore just typical border-wars as in former times. The faces of war are changing constantly with one goal, to kill more effectively. There is an average of twenty ongoing wars in the world at any giving time, so the topic of war played, plays, and is going to play a dominant and cruel part of the human civilisation. War has a fundamental role in our world and this role is definitely not to preserve peace.
             There is one important question that has to be asked: "What are the reasons for war?" To be able to answer this question you have to look back at the history of our society. There are of course many reasons which add up to a violent conflict but the major cause of war is simply gaining more power. And how do you achieve this goal? – by winning more land, which gives you a greater supply of raw-materials; by robbing the goods of your enemy; by becoming a greater population and taxing more money and so on. There is always the greed of a few leading people for power, for money behind it. These people find methods to manipulate their citizens, so that they don't doubt the necessity of war. For example Hitler simulated an attack by Poland soldiers against German troops. This way he could convince the Germans to fight against Poland and the killings were justified. Nationalism was and is a major force to convince people to fight in a war.
             If you have a more closer look at the political development in the U.S.A after the terrorist attack on the 11th of September, you can see that there is more to the military acts of the States then just defending their own country from the evil terrorists. The U.S.A is putting billions of dollars in the war industry and is forcing the other states of the NATO to "optimise" their weaponry as well. There are huge amounts of money floating in the making of weapons and...