The Pain of War

One day a young man named Jack woke up. He was a mere boy of only 16. All he heard was the voice of his mother screaming. "There's a war outside, there's a war outside," she screamed.
He jumped out of bed as quickly as he could. He said "mother don't worry I'm going save our country and fight for the freedom of our land". He had a shower, got dressed and left in a taxi with his things to go to the local army base.
He got there and was surrounded by other young men most no more than two years his senior. He thought to him self "wow this is amazing I could die". …