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The Mockery of War...

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Last Night I had the Strangest Dream by Simon and Garfunkel Monday, September 30, 2013 6:31 PM Simon and Garfunkel are an American rock duo that came to the music industry in 1950's. In their song "Last Night I had the Strangest Dream" they try to talk about the unwanted nature of war to the world.  And also they try to prove this paradoxical statement that “the man doesn't like the war but, the man doesn't want to stop it". War is something created by the man. It is not something generated by nature. So, it is not something that happened suddenly.  Some decisions taken by some people because of various ideologies or causes have led to wars. But even though a single person or a group of people took a decision that we must start a war against something, it just can’t become a reality. Those decisions should be approved by the majority of people and they must support it directly or indirectly.            ...

War, what is it good for? absolutely NOTHING!

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After Blenheim by Robert Southey Wednesday, September 25, 2013  9:34 PM Robert Southey is an English romantic poet and his poem "After Blenheim" is an anti-war poem written by him to point out the meaningless of the war and the tragedy that it leads to the whole mankind. In his poem “After Blenheim" he tries to express some controversial ideas regarding the war. The main aspect of the poem is about the nationalistic feeling towards the war by people and the real massacre that has happened by the war to the mankind. Actually he tries to build up a connection between these two ideas by indirectly saying that people are not noticing this real massacre because they have mystified their minds with these nationalistic ideologies. In other words he is saying that people are willingly neglecting to see this massacre because of the patriotic feelings towards    their country. This sorrowful situation further justifies the statement "we only see what we want to see...