Hi friends, I am back again continuing my boring thread. To begin with -war is inevitabile but it can be avoided for the good of people. Only the dead have seen the end of war- Plato. Ever since the evolution of organisms, war has been an ongoing phenomenon. If you believe in mythology, devastating wars took place in the world during the rule of gods. If you don't believe in myths, wars have been going on throughout the history. Fight amongst animals for survival is a different aspect, but the war amongst human beings have been the most important feature of world civilization. Without war, time wouldn't have passed by. Without war, the world would have been a different place altogether. If there had not been war between human beings, probably we would continue to live in jungle as our forefathers did. Leo Tolstoy concluded in his epic 'war and peace' that there is a minimum of free choice, all is ruled by an inexorable historical determinism. So war is determined by history, we have no choice to avoid it. The Greeks, the Prussians, the Italians, the Russians, the Chinese, the Britishs, the Germans, the Frenchs, the Americans, the Japanese all went through big wars in their history. The Nepalese saw plenty of them in their short history. Hence, although it is the curse on humanity, war occurs time and again. It is perpetual and hence inevitable. Saying so, the biggest lessons learned from wars is that war cannot be a solution to the mysery of human beings. Wars cannot end the problems of human beings. The Japanese, the Europeans and the Americans (although America is habitual with waging war against other nations) have learned from the past that war does not help to progress. At least war against each other in the same country is the biggest obstacle to progress. Japan realised this truth, Germany understood this fact and hence they opted to keep themselves away from war and concentrated on their industrial development. The Europeans after indulging themselves for centuries of war realised the dangers and devastations of war. They opted the path of diplomacy and negotiations, they learned that cooperation and mutual understanding are the right way to deal with social problems. They could avoid war amongst themselves in the last 5, 6 decades and now most of the European countries are enjoying the fruits of democracy and development. Hence, if we try to learn from the past or from the west, we Nepalese must now understand that war cannot be a solution to our problems. The Maoists started their 'people's war' to find a way out to end inequality and injustice from the country. Now their war has helped to expand inequality and injustice in the country. The previous governments tried to deal the Maoists militarily and waged war against them which has only helped to increase the scale of war. Now the Gyanendra's administraion is determined to launch full scale war against the Maoists. This will only lead to the devastation of our country. War is not the solution, other peaceful alternatives must be choosen to deal with the current crisis. We should learn from the west and try to avoid bloodbath in the country. If the warring sides retreat from their ambitions to rule single handedly, this war could be controlled and brought to an end. Otherwise, war will lead to the downfall of Nepal as a nation. The downfall of monarchy and the downfall of maoists as well. It's time to learn from others who have achieved progress and prosperity after leaving war behind them and concentrating on social and economic development initiatives.