Op-Ed, Audience: English 1311 Students

            There are many elements that prevent the world from having peace, for example, greed,

lack of morality, ignorance and the lack of education, and poverty, but the main problem is war,

the thought that everything can be or has to be solved with violence. Under this huge problem all

the above mentioned falls right under it. War prevents having peace in a nation or globally when

there is constant fighting about something that can be fixed in a less violent way, maybe with

words but not with weapons. Even people who live in war regions cannot be in peace because

they can’t live in a place where violent acts rule and therefore cannot live a stable life in any

single way.

            In the case of México, the president declared war to all Mexican cartels and the war has

not stopped, there have been dramatic increases on the number of deaths. The government has not been able to win this war they declared and its citizens have to deal with the fear that every day they feel. The war in México has mainly have to do with the greed of each cartel’s leader(s) or Capos who want to control more regions and get rid of their rivals, but also we deal with the greed of some members of the Mexican government who are corrupted because they agree to help this cartel’s or accept bribes from this men just to have more money in their pockets. This people have no morals and could care less about what is wrong and right, and their ignorance is the cause of why many people are suffering every day. It is because of them that so many people have been victims of acts of violence, have witnessed an act of violence that  hurts them their victims, their town, and their country. Many of this drug cartel members might not have any other options but to join them because they are poor and need money, but also some lack an education. A possible solution to end with this is if every person had a chance to have a better education and that way they could have better jobs, and somehow reduce the poverty levels, and not have people have the necessity to feel that they have to work on an illegal act, for example in this case drug trafficking to win fast and dirty money . Without an education we are nothing, but with an education we can change so many things that will help improve our world.