Silence tangles in knots
Silence tears the unbreakable
It embraces me in a lock
Silence hushes the unspeakable

This is the challenge of your generation, you and those who are mindful and think as you do. That is why you and others like you are on this planet now and there are VERY many more like you. The old systems will eventually fall away..I may not see it my life time, you will. It is already beginning to happen, the corruption will not last, the money system will not last... all the systems that have failed us will fall away and your generation will be the new leaders.
The romance of war is not as romantic as it once was either. There was a time, as someone mentioned in a different thread..where it was the manly thing to do, a time when women only wanted a soldier. Every man wanted to be a soldier. Even in the late 70's when I finished high school so many I knew were enlisting..many were only doing it out of an obligation because their dad did and grandpa did and great grandpa did. Many I personally knew did not want to join the military. Now even more so.... there are now and always will be those who feel it s a young persons obligation to sign up and join the military. And yes, there are some with a huge ego..the wannabe hero and of course those who want to do this for all the right reasons. I feel those numbers are getting smaller and smaller. Each generation has seen the horror of war and it is not so glamorous and romantic anymore.
I have raised my sons to be pacifists, and have discouraged them to join the military...I have been told on this site that I am un American and have taught my sons to be P usY's...that I have no right to the benefits we, as American have..because of my views.
The romance of war is fading along with the systems that have kept war as a staple for every generation to live with.

Living with a sweet beautiful woman, having wild sex, and sleeping very late. Atleast sometimes :)

Certainly, such remedies would achieve the required objective -- from the point of view of any intelligent person. However, have you ever wondered about the percantage of such people in the whole World? (30%, or 40%, or maybe even 50%???)
The greater part of Humanity hardly qualifies for the title of an "intelligent person". Though attempts of raising the general intellectual level are permanently being carried out, unfortunately the inborn backwardness of some folks is beyond any hope -- if one is a fool, that's for the longest time! Not only that, but the Foolishness also propagates much faster than the Reasonableness!

The Copenghagen Convention was the 1st global attempt of tackling the problem of reducing the "green-house effect". However, pretty soon, there will be many more conventions dedicated to reducing the problem of over-population... (In China, for example, the law already restricts the number of children to ONE per family!!!) And that's just the beginning...

Certainly, its easy for various (peacenic) intellectuals -- WHO AREN'T RESPONSIBLE FOR ANYTHING ANYWAYS) -- to be raising the issues of the Democracy, Human rights, equality, etc.
However, try "wearing the shoes" of a politician responsible for the fate of the country (if not the whole world) and you may find your decisions become much more critical... -- especially when most of the Congress supports those "critical decisions"!

For that reason (i.e. the general public's inability of comprehending all remifications of the decision) some of those decisions aren't even made public at all (or not given enough coverage in the media)...

P.S. But, please, don't misunderstand me:
I AM NOT ADVOCATING FOR WAR! I'm just being realistic!