Violence breeds violence. What in heck are the quack leaders on this planet doing?

Question

From one end of this planet to the other; what in the devil are you guys in power thinking, from self interests groups, to governments both democratic and non democratic. Is anything worth this crap?

Answer 1

I could not agree with you more.
When will these leaders realize that.......
We can bomb the world to pieces,
but we can not bomb to peace.

Answer 2

For long, in international relations, it has been widely believed that to contain and guard against violence, you need to use violence. That is what balance of power is all about. Israel has developed this theory into an religion that whenever there is a slight attempt to confront them by any of the forces inimical to them, either through conventional warfare or through terrorism, they retaliate overwhelmingly so as to unnerve and quell the opposition.

In my opinion, the efficacy of this balance of power theory is under threat, in a scenario of nuclear proliferation. It is no longer possible to maintain power equilibrium, in term of conventional military strength. Even a weak nation, if it has nuclear capability, can intimidate a stronger nation, to use the nuclear arms, if it is threatened beyond a point. Pakistan's strategy in meeting India's edge in conventional military strength, is also bordering on this strategy. Americans worry in Iran and other countries going nuclear is also based on this fear.

Answer 3

If you go to ifilm.com or YouTube.com and type in Eisenhower, you will see President Dwight Eisenhower's farewell address back in 1960. In it, he warned America of the perils of letting what he called "the military-industrial complex" retain the power it had accumulated in WWII.
See the people who make weapons and the people who use weapons need to destroy those weapons in order to sell more of them. The only way to use up vast quantities of munitions is to wage war.
Thus, when we have a president who is a corporate tool, like either of the Bushes, Daddybush or Dubya, we can expect a war to happen in short order.
The bottom line here is that we are all being used as economic drivers to necessitate a large "defense" budget to make the barons of corporate America richer.
Don't you feel special?

Answer 4

Inaction breeds conformity.

Fighting may be an ugly thing. But without it we would all be slaves. The hard part is finding a cause worth fighting for. Choice, Life, and Freedom, seem pretty good to me though.

Answer 5

Making billions from defense contracts and no bid rebuilding contracts like Haliburton, Carlyle and Bechtel have been doing for 6 1/2 years.

Answer 6

Rachel, pick up a copy of The Fourth Turning and read it. It will show you what is going on and why. Have to tell you though even knowing what is happening and why, even I get swept up in the War Fever that is going around. It gets to be too easy to get sucked into it.

Answer 7

dont u know that the world is just a stage where all the actor had to do their part and without any good story there would not have any ticket sold

Answer 8

They are maintianing their own control via vioence, such as invasions, economic pressures, all designed to change the focus, whilest they get richer

Answer 9

They just "think" with their dickies or guns ... For them
the World is a huge kindergarten. And humans are toys.
And the big boys are playing and playing ...

Answer 10

Like little boys squabbling over whose right and
whose wrong and the hell with who gets hurt.

Answer 11

If someone raises a gun to you - what choice do you have now?
Die.
Kill.

You're all well and good to want a better answer, but I noticed you didnt offer one.