How War Can Be Abolished

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War is usually considered the source for the achievement of national objectives. Clerics even go to the extent of achieving glory through it. War is a historical menace. But it is against the dignity of man to think that it cannot be discouraged or abolished. Tolstoy's view is most convincing that war under all circumstances is illegitimate. History has shown that war has always multiplied the problems and it is inseparable from irreparable loss. In the First World War, there were 37 million casualties. In the Second World War, there were 60 million casualties. More than 100, 0000 million dollars were "invested" by the fighting nations in the Second World War to kill or injure these peoples. Money lost in collateral damage is beside it. Right after ten years, the war became many times more dangerous. In the Russell-Einstein Manifesto, published in 1955, it is written:

"It is stated on very good authority that a bomb can now be manufactured which will be 2,500 times as powerful as that which destroyed Hiroshima."

One can imagine what a war can do with the humanity in twenty first century when nuclear technology has become so advanced.

One common reason is that war has always been advocated by the elite class, directly in the previous ages and indirectly in the modern ages. This is done in two ways. The most important of them is the "use" of the clergy. The clergy is that strange creature which declares it-self to be the benefactor whereas acts as a catastrophic factor. The most important example of his direct role is the active participation in the Crusades during medieval ages. Even today, Pakistani clergy believes that Kashmir must be a part of Pakistan and multiplies its wisdom by presenting the military solution of it. Russell says in "The Ethics of War" (1915): "The objects, for which men have fought in the past, whether just or unjust, are no longer to be achieved by wars amongst civilized nations."