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Wars are the markers of history. Every era, every empire, every movement, and every turn or point in history has began or ended with war. Whenever a point in time is brought to attention, people will ultimately associate the event with whatever war had happened before, during, or after it. Although war is important in remembering history, it is also a destructive element and can be crippling to mankind's progress. In war, lives are lost, civilizations are wiped out, and knowledge is forgotten. The most depressing aspect of war is its meaning to their future generations. Eventually, the future will forget what suffering a war had brought to their ancestors, what mistakes the people of the past had made, and what impact the war had on their modern life, will just be another part of their history book. Just another war, just another topic that their teacher will preach to them about, and just another non-interesting story to study for on their test. In the end, whatever a war was fought for, whatever the people that so desperately gave their lives to defend, will mean nothing but a letter grade to their predecessors. Despite this, as long as time goes forward, as long as there is still groups of people who disagree with each other, no matter what the reason, there will always be war.
