... the neck. He cried in pain and writhed around convulsing. I realized he’d already been badly wound before jumping in. His own artillery had flown his foot off and he was bleeding all over, even in the mouth. His hands were trying to hold in his intestines, which were spilling out of his belly and steaming. […] But this guy just moaned louder and louder, tears running down his cheeks. I was terrified and at the same time felt deep pity for him […] He blinked at me, the rain poured down his face,  ... Viết phần còn lại của bài viết:
expectation of her second son coming home soon. But a few hours later another courier arrived with a second death certificate, telling her my other brother, her second son, had also been killed. Mother collapsed in a faint, then lapsed into a coma. She hung on for three days without uttering another word then died. (Bao 53)

Though in a safe and comfortable place, the sorrow of an American mother is not less than that of a Vietnamese’s in the war torn country. Eleanor Wimbish, of Glen Burnie, Maryland, has grieved over the death of her son, William R. Stocks, for fifteen years. To relieve her sadness, she wrote a letter to her dead son telling how much she has missed and loved him, then stuck the letter under his name on Vietnam Veteran memorial in Washington D.C. (Wimbish). The suffering of children in Sarajevo, the tragic fate of “mother Lanh”, the grievous live of Mrs. Wimbish, and the painful death of the “special commando” raise a big question: What is war for? Life or death? Happiness or misery? Next, war is cruel and immoral, which is why it should not be tolerated. War shows no mercy and can turn good-natured people into cruel soldiers. The scenarios of battles are so very horrible and disastrous that they have, at times, haunted victims and interrupted their normal life. War has no mercy on human distresses just as guns and ammunition have no conscience. When in a rage of vengeance for losses, innocent civilians, children, the elderly, and the suffered enemies alike can be targets of cruel slaughter. Many times, brutal murders occurred just because the innocent victims were on the enemy’s side. Insensitive killers may be formerly known as gracious men. It is the nature of war. 

It is not surprising that reports of massacres and mass graves are abundant in any war: Iraq, Kashmir, Kosovo, Sudan, Somalia, etc. The cold-hearted manslaughters at My-Lai, Thanh-Phong, and Hue in Vietnam, for examples, are among unavoidable disasters during a war. In Iraq, we all know that insurgents have brutally executed...