Throughout the course of history, humankind has endured a myriad of wars. Wars have consumed millions of innocent lives, from mass genocides to massive battles. One can question the virtues of the human race by their inhuman acts in wartime. Adolf Hitler’s “Final Solution” systematically wiped out millions of people off the face of the earth. Furthermore, The My Lai Massacre that occurred in the mists of the Vietnam War displays the poor moral fiber of American soldiers. Lastly, the present day War in Iraq did not have justified reasons for war, moreover, numerous abhorrent crimes against harmless Iraqi citizens exhibits the lack of moral ethics of the troops inside Iraq. These examples illustrates that there is no acceptable wartime behavior, thus war itself is not tenable.
Few events in history compare to the horror and ruthlessness of the Holocaust. Hitler’s Holocaust was the worst genocide in history and exterminated twelve million innocent lives. Approximately half of the......
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