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Very few things bring out the ills of man more than wars. No wonder, the US president, Barrack Obama has already bagged "the Obama peace prize, for his efforts since taking office!"

We've read of vicious wars in Africa and other parts of the world that have involved so much macabre deeds that we soon hope to forget. From the world wars to civil wars, the annals of wars are replete with gruesome deaths, destruction and suffering; yet man on many occasions has been unable to learn from history and will readily go to war whenever they disagree. What a great folly; even with the spectacle that is the Obama peace prize!

Isn’t it very odd that after all these years, man has still not fully adopted a less destructive and agreeable alternative to solving his conflicts; when diplomacy fails. Blood has still got to be shed once in a while—in many places on earth—until one of the grieving parties gives in. One would have thought that, in the absence of a diplomatic settlement these days, some other lesser destructive conflict-resolution method would have been devised by now. After all, we are more interdependent these days, thanks to some clever force, perhaps.

Iran's scientists have always been under-pressure from their bosses; to complete their nuke program. And it's not them that came up with the axiom on “where there's a will, there is a way.” You can choose to see it in any color but the truth of the matter is that some of the people who are anti-WMD (Weapons of Mass Destruction) are also the same people who possess them. With Barrack Obama's recent initiatives to reduce nuclear stockpiles with Russia, I see some ray of light in the tunnel. Add the Obama Peace prize, and it seems we’re really taking the right turns now, though very slowly.

But the truth of the matter is the same people who come up with these weapons are the same people, who leak the technology to their competitors or enemies. In short, they are fueling the fires that threaten to burn them.

It's a rather ludicrous and confusing situation. Imagine five households busy making weapons to protect themselves against one another. In the streets, they exchange pleasantries, but behind the scenes, it's the spying, lying and treachery that is calling the shots. Now imagine a scenario where materialism is injected into the situation. One child from one of the families wants a Porsche for his birthday but his folks won't budge. Can you imagine one possible way this child can get his Porsche?

And so the families above will continue inflating their egos, until an explosion eventually happens sometime time later. The same applies to the arms-race. It will continue, unless something radical or sensible happens. It’s like driving at night. One ought to be aware of on coming traffic, right? “Dim your lights, damn it,” we silently say; failure of which makes us switch back our headlights to full-beam!

Well, while the world's annihilation could be edging closer and closer like a thief in the night, and the Supreme Being and company might be sitting at the edge of their seats, excitedly, watching it all. It seems “plant and pay off” was not invented in Hollywood after-all! Maybe it was introduced through Hollywood, so that we could be “edutained” to remove our blinders and be able to connect the dots and perform "The Grand Test" in the nick of time!

I once heard once heard that they ways of the lord are mysterious. So what i write here can be true. That's why Ithink—like the small ball inside some whistles—why you should be pretty excited. At that level you will definitely imagine this world peace day event. Or if you're made of rock, then prepare for "The Grand Test."

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