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World Peace In Pieces "You're mean! I'm telling my dad on you!" The preceding statement is quoted from Jaquiline Rose Cerda, daughter of Jack and Lorena Cerda, and, thankfully, my niece. Her statement, while usually seen as an adorable yet common, can be compared to many other statements, quoted from much more well-known persons. It contains an insult, which is a response to a harm or wrong-doing that was done to her prior to her making that statement. It also contains a threat, which is in retaliation to the original wrong-doing. If a child, completely innocent and unbiased, can make the same kinds of statements as political leaders (the latter having seen some of the repulsiveness of human interaction), then surely war is not a response to harm, but an instinct. What is war? Must it be declared? Dictionaries mostly define it as a struggle between particular forces for a particular end. That being stated, war does not have to be declared between nations, rather, it can be any kind of tension or hostility between any two parties. The War On Drugs. The War On Terrorism. The War On