It's been more than 60 years since the end of World War II, and this month a group of U.S. war veterans who served in the Pacific -- men now in their 80s -- took part in a historic battle with their Japanese counterpoints, in the shadow of Pearl Harbor.
When you look at it, most people fighting each other in the various would probably really like each other had they not been given guns and told to kill each other. Recently, World War II veterans that fought in Pearl Harbor, both Japanese and Americans, met in Pearl Harbor to view memorials, cemeteries, and to play softball. Although language barriers were a slight problem, everyone seemed to enjoy each other's company. None of them seemed to feel any anger towards each other; on the contrary, they seemed to agree that they found newfound friends in their old enemies. If people would do that more often, why would people want to fight? In my opinion, I think that wars are started because of lack of intercultural understanding and social collaboration, rather than political bargaining and government alliances.
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GREAT HEART-WARMING STORY. IF PEOPLE GET TO INTERACT LIKE THIS MORE FREQUENTLY, MAYBE MISUNDERSTANDINGS, MISCONCEPTIONS AND WARS CAN BE AVERTED
Well put. I completely agree with you and think that if something like this were to go on (or would have gone on) in places like the middle east or North and South Korea, or even Darfur, I can't even begin to imagine what our world would be like ... and I appreciate your comment, whoever you may be.
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