Do you agree or disagree with the following philosphy and why?
“Every gun that is made, every battleship that is built, every missile that is launched, is a direct theft from the people who are hungry and starving in this world.” Dwight D. Eisenhower
2006-08-05 07:14:21 · 6 answers · asked by SASHA123 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Agree...if the capital that was used for war was used to build infrastructure, used to educate it would go a long way to alleviate the suffering of the poor. Imagine if the money spent on Iraq was split up - half used in the US and half used in Iraq - spent on education and infrastructure...I think we would be better off...of course lots will disagree saying that war is inevitable...and that type of thinking is what is going to lead to the end of humanity...we must cultivate the idea that war is completely unacceptable.
2006-08-05 07:22:36 · answer #1 · answered by Mac 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, Ike was a general, so he oughta know. He also warned us (in his farewell address) to beware of the military-industrial complex, which has a vested interest (the "profit motive") in the propagation of war.
While I do not agree that resources currently being spent killing innocents in Lebanon and Iraq and Afghanistan and elsewhere would be better spent on "hungry and starving" people - it has been noted that "the poor will always be with us" - I do think that there are better things to labor towards than creating piles of scrap, rusting hulks, shrapnel and craters.
Peace does not have to be spent on a fruitless effort to solve the world's overpopulation problems by dumping food into the petri dish of third-world nations. But war is equally fruitless.
2006-08-05 08:34:02 · answer #2 · answered by Grendle 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's kinda twisted. Even Ike can twist things around.
The last part should read "...is a direct affirmation for freedom and liberty for the oppressed in this world."
I know it sounds communistic (using the oppressed word), but what the hey.
2006-08-05 07:57:45 · answer #3 · answered by Sick Puppy 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nonsense: if it weren't for the weapons industry, your country would never have become the world power it is now.
2006-08-05 07:47:26 · answer #4 · answered by sauwelios@yahoo.com 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can completely agree to that
2006-08-05 15:02:51 · answer #5 · answered by Krusd 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nuke the whole Middleeast
2006-08-05 07:23:03 · answer #6 · answered by elginjohn 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋