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involved in the race of producing awesome weapons of destruction. Open challenges are being thrown around. There is round-the-clock preparedness to launch weapons. Everyone is busy enhancing his strength and making strategic preparations. There is nothing like mutual faith between nations. Everyone is in a state of alert.
It is ironical that those who have faith in military might are giving lip service to the cause of peace and indulging in spreading the network of weapons of mass destruction. The bloodthirsty want monopoly over others' blood with a wish that none else gets even a drop of blood. If someone steps ahead to suck blood of others, the one who is already sticking like a leech starts growling. It is these leeches who raise slogans of freedom of all nations so that they get more sources of blood when some nations get freedom. Offering economic and military help, it is these leeches that have turned other nations as their satellites and are exploiting their resources.
This peace attained by force, lives under the shadow of war. The world is sitting on an ammunition dump. Caused by some act of madness, mistake, excitement, or compulsion if a spark flies into this dump a large part of the world will be blown off. Even those who cause such spark will be destroyed. No one is safe in the present day world. Under the shadow of destructive arms man has become cruel and demonic but he still feels helpless. There can be no greater mockery of world peace than this.
WAR IS ALSO A BUSINESS
The consequence of problems facing the world is war or possibility of war. Those who have accumulated destructive weapons are also apprehensive of war because the opposition also has equally large hoard of weapons. Now the situation of Nagasaki and Hiroshima, when one group used the weapons of mass destruction and won the war has changed. Today both the sides have much more destructive weapons. Both the sides know that in case of war the weapons will come out of silos within moments. Missiles will launch them to targets in both territories. Once that is done it will be impossible to save the cities, the population, and even the governments. The peace we see today is enforced by the apprehension of this destruction. That is the
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| SR No. | 001605 |
| Book Title | Introduction to Jainism and its Culture |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Balbhadra Jain |
| Publisher | Kundkund Gyanpith Indore |
| Publication Year | 2002 |
| Total Pages | 334 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English, Religion, & Culture |
| File Size | 21 MB |