戦争の大元は武器

戦争だけはやってはいけない。戦争を知っている世代だろうが知らない世代だろうが、戦争だけはやってはいけない。

最近思うこと：個人的に思い出すのは、父母が事あるごとに「戦争だけはやってはいけない。戦争を知っている世代だろうが知らない世代だろうが、戦争だけはやってはいけない」と、感懐を込めて繰り返していたことです。

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戦争の大元は武器である。どんなに威張った国でも武器を一切持たずに丸裸になれば、威張ることなどできないし何にもできはしない。逆に、どんなに情けない国であっても武器を持ちさえすれば、しかも強力な武器であればあるほど、空威張りができてしまうし、やりたい放題もできるようになってしまう。

武器は、短剣や小銃などに始まり、最たるものとして化学兵器や核兵器が挙げられる。争いや紛争を根本から絶つためには、いかなる国もまずは武器を捨てればよい。武器を「持たない・持たせない、売らない・売らせない、買わない・買わせない、造らない・造らせない」という原則をどの国も堅持すれば争いは基本的に防げる。

わかりやすく、まずは個人のレベルで考えてみよう。AとBが喧嘩をしているとする。常識を持った第三者の大人であれば、普通に考えて、喧嘩を止めに入るか喧嘩のバカバカしさを諭すはずである。それを、どちらかに、あるいは双方に武器を預けるバカ者がいるだろうか。あるいは自分自身が武器を持って参戦するバカがいるだろうか。この個人レベルではすぐにもわかる論理が、国のレベルになるとどうも忘れられてしまう。

どこかの国（例えばアメリカや中国やロシア）と一緒に戦争する国になるということは、その国や対立国に武器を渡すか、自分も武器を持って参戦する国になるということである。国益になるはずがないではないか。「どの国にとっても」。

因みに、本来武器でないナイフや包丁などを武器にしてしまうという世間を騒がす悲しい事件は、結局真の教育の不在を露呈するものである。

English Version 1: The Root Cause of War Is Weaponry

The root cause of war is weaponry. No matter how arrogant the country is, if it were stripped of all weapons, it would no longer be able to act arrogantly or do anything. Conversely, no matter how pathetic a country is, if that country had weapons, especially if those weapons were powerful, it would be able to bluster and do whatever it wanted.

Weapons can be anything from knives or pistols all the way up to chemical or nuclear weapons. To stop wars and conflicts at their root, all that needs to be done is to have every country give up its weapons. If every country strictly followed the rules of refusing to possess, let others possess, sell, let others sell, buy, let others buy, make, and let others make weapons, then war could be essentially prevented.

Let’s think of it individually to make it easier to understand. Consider a fight between A and B. A third party, an adult with common sense acting reasonably, should try and stop A and B from fighting or convince them that their fight is foolish. What kind of idiot would give weapons to either one or both of the two fighting? Or what kind of idiot would take a tool and join the fight themselves? The logic is evident at the individual level, but when it comes to a national level, somehow it is forgotten.

Becoming a country that will go to war with, say, America, China, Russia, or any other nation, means that we will provide weapons to the state and their opponents or become a country that will join in the fight with weapons ourselves. There is no way this can benefit the nation. It cannot benefit any nation.

Also, incidents in which items, not usually weapons, such as kitchen knives, are used as weapons reveal the lack of proper education.

English Version 2: The Primary Cause of War Is a Weapon

The primary cause of war is a weapon. No country could be acting big or doing anything without hardware in its possession. On the contrary, any weak country could be snobbish with arms. The more powerful it is, the more pride it has, making it possible for it to get its way.

Primary weapons include the following––such as a short sword, a rifle, and recently a chemical weapon and a nuclear weapon. Every country needs to drop them to end the conflict. The rule should be held fast to just the simple policy. “No possess and possessed, no sell and sold, no buy and bought, and no make and made” can help remove disputes.

To make it understandable, consider the individual level. Just imagine the situation where A gets into a fight with B. As a matter of common sense from third parties, they would stop the quarrel or admonish them not to do it. There is no reason we cannot wonder if someone would give a weapon to one or both of them or if they would join together. This simple logic could be easily forgotten when we stand at the national and international levels.

If we would take sides with, say, the States, China, Russia, or any other nation in any war, it would only mean that we could be giving a weapon to them or enemy nations or be joining the army directly. So, who believes it would serve the best interests of any country?

To say more about a sad event that recently disturbed people, where a table knife or a kitchen knife, which is not originally a weapon, was used as one, it could reveal a lack of education in the true sense.