All along history, millions of innocent people, civilians, were killed in order to reach the opposite government. During world war one, bombs were thrown and massacres happened where civilians, who had no political power, lived. The same thing happened during world war two and is still happening. Regardless of the nation and of the "side", innocent people were and are being hurt and killed.
Education is the most important thing to pursue after the basics. Knowledge is valuable and the only thing only you can achieve for yourself. It can be the one thing leading to hope and a future for so many people. To ask for education is almost the same as asking for water, it should be a right, not a luxury.