Why is there war?

Answer 1

There are many reasons for war, but the most common has to do with the haves and the have nots. A country wants something another country has, so they take it. Oil is such a commodity.

Another reason is "threat". Right now Iran is a big threat to Israel, and someday Israel will be forced into war, to ensure its own survival. If Iran gets nukes it can take Israel out in one shot, and Iran's leader has said he would destroy them.

Japan attacked the USA because we were threatening shipping lanes in the Pacific, a potential threat to Japans war machine. BTW, the USA never received a thank you from China for saving its butt from the Japanese, whom killed over 30 million chinese and forced women into prositution. Japan never apologized to China either. China hates Japan and is a potential threat.

Other reasons are religion (most notably the rise of Islamo-Fascism), racism to include ethnic cleansing, and old battles that were never settled.

Answer 2

War is the worst of man, the worst of humans, the most negative thing we can be.

And wars can be controlled by people IN power, people WITH power - political and money power.

Sometimes people in power believe there should be a war while a large number of the citizens believe there should NOT be a war.

And the war still goes on.

This causes another war, the war between the citizens who disagree about the war. War spawns more war, sometimes civil war.

War is a disease of the human mind, a dangerous illness and I wish we could find a cure.

You should not worry too much about war, focus on your own life but understand about wars, which you must already do to some degree because you asked a very, very good question.

Answer 3

Because men have always fought for power since the days of Cain & Abel. That desire to be in charge is imbedded in man.

Answer 4

This is more of a philosophical question than anything else...scholars have debated for centuries whether or not being warlike is in human nature, or if there is another cause for it.