Response to War Is A Force That Gives Us Meaning

This essay does a good job of explaining the truth about the attraction people have with war and also the horror that comes with it. Hedges says that sometimes war is necessary and that war is a crusade. War can help to maintain or retain a way of life or to get rid of a dictator in some country. There is an enduring attraction with war, it gives people what we long for in life including a reason for living, purpose, and meaning. He says that there is a sense of exhilaration and glory of battle and how soldiers have a hunger for getting rid of the enemy. A lot of people do not realize that there are consequences to going to war. In war, there is a price to be paid. Many soldiers’ lives have ended and many soldiers have ended other people’s lives including innocent civilians. It seems that the attraction people have with war will always be part of them.