I hate war. I would like to think that the vast majority of the population think like I do. However, I know there are thousands of people out there who love it. Some make money out of it by selling weapons, some others make money selling food illegally at very high prices. Even some others love war because they still see romanticism in it. They even see more romanticism in fighting abroad because they believe they "do good to mankind" (5). They also believe they will bring "freedom"(7) that will last forever.

Forget it. War is bad and is not good to anybody, not even to those whose bank accounts are full of bloody money as their hearts are rotten and empty. I doubt whether those international missions promoted by international organizations do any good to the country and to their inhabitants. At what price?

Lord Byron was wrong in the poem below. Well perhaps he was only right in the last verse: " if [you are]not shot or hanged, you´ll get knighted" (8).

When a Man Hath No Freedom to Fight for at Home
by George Gordon Byron (1788-1824)

When a man hath no freedom to fight for at home,
Let him combat for that of his neighbors;
Let him think of the glories of Greece and of Rome,
And get knocked on his head for his labors.

To do good to mankind is the chivalrous plan,
And is always as nobly requited;
Then battle for freedom wherever you can,
And, if not shot or hanged, you'll get knighted.