Effects+of+War




 * The video below**: By Avril Lavigne, represents how people in the world want peace, and they want the Iraqi war to end. It shows certain videos taken in Iraq, and the people who live there and deal with this problem every day of their lives. Lavigne shows her views very well in this song. It also shows what people are doing to help people who are in this situation, living with war in their everyday life. We believe that Avril Lavigne did a great job in making a statement about what's going on outside of the US.

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resources Avril Lavigne - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTt7eCq02hM


 * The Video below**: Called children of war, shows the terrible devastation that the children who deal with war in their everyday life are living through, and how their lives are put into danger every single day. We thought that this "slide show" expressed the true feeling and destruction that these children have to deal with every day of their young lives, sometimes ruining their lives forever. You will most probably find this video very sad, even though this is just a small slideshow, and what happens to these children is far worse from what we see. I think this video gets you to think about and appreciate what you have, since a lot of these kids don't even have anything left, and many have lost their parents in war, have lost their homes, and have been diagnosed with serious diseases. These children can't even enjoy their childhood, since they are having to deal with war.

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This is a slideshow that shows us some of the horrible affects of war. In these few slides, we have put pictures of things like injured people, how countries look before and after war, orphaned children, we have even shown a chart showing how much money the US spends on war. Although countries usually go to war so it can benefit them, by viewing this slideshow, you will see that although a war a may benefit a country in some ways, it has more bad affects than good. Millions of lives are lost each year due to violence. Wives are widowed, children are orphaned, homes are destroyed. media type="custom" key="205227"

Quotes
"Mankind must put an end to war, or war will put an end to mankind." - John F. Kennedy, 1961

"Peace comes from being able to contribute the best that we have, and all that we are, toward creating a world that supports everyone. But it is also securing the space for others to contribute the best that they have and all that they are." - Hafsat Abiola

"Since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defenses of peace must be constructed." - UNESCO Constitution

"Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice." - Baruch Spinoza (1632-1677)

"One day we must come to see that peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but that it is a means by which we arrive at that goal. We must pursue peaceful ends through peaceful means." - Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968)

"If you want to make peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies." - Moshe Dayan

"Imagine all the people living life in peace. You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us, and the world will live as one." - John Lennon

"Peace, in the sense of the absence of war, is of little value to someone who is dying of hunger or cold. It will not remove the pain of torture inflicted on a prisoner of conscience. It does not comfort those who have lost their loved ones in floods caused by senseless deforestation in a neighboring country. Peace can only last where human rights are respected, where the people are fed, and where individuals and nations are free." - HH The Dalai Lama

"One little person, giving all of her time to peace, makes news. Many people, giving some of their time, can make history." - Peace Pilgrim

"Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved through understanding." - Albert Einstein

Resources

 * haciyatmaz, "Avril Lavigne - Knocking On Heaven's Door." __youtube.com__. June 07, 2006. 19 Sep 2007 <[|http://youtube.com/watch?v=NTt7eCq02hM>.]
 * mayyapapaya, "Children of War." __youtube.com__. March 31, 2007. 19 Sep 2007 
 * "Peace Quotes." __Nuclear Age Peace Foundation__. Nuclear Age Peace Foundation. 19 Sep 2007 
 * "Peace Quotes." __WisdomQuotes.com__. WisdomQuotes.com. 19 Sep 2007 
 * "Quotes for Peace." __cultureofpeace.org__. Culture of Peace Initiative. 19 Sep 2007 