It's true that war is a horrible thing, and no one knows that more than the soldiers that take part in it. However, there are times when war is a necessary fact and killing on the battle field can not be avoided. Are there people who think that war should be averted at all costs? Even at the cost of innocence, freedom, and life? Should one not kill a person who is murdering hundreds of others?
"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself." John Stuart Mill, English economist & philosopher (1806 - 1873)
P.S. This is not a question that has ANYTHING to do with Iraq, but a question regarding the concept of war.
2007-09-27
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