War, war never changes, does it ?

Question

It's always a good reason behind it, sometimes that reason actually makes sense. Nonetheless, we should learn to see through the so called "reason", and disarm the world's greatest powers as soon as possible. Otherwise a world war is inevitable...*sigh*
I know i'm naive for thinking this but what if....

Answer 1

War does change my friend!!

Before in the horses and swords days, the leader use to be the first one out there leading the army ready to be killed for the cause he and his army are fighting for. Now the leader will be hiding in a bunker, watching the Fox news and cheering on.

Before in the camel and sword days, the war use to be between armies (soldiers), no children will be killed, no women will get raped.

Before in the camel and horses days, armies were allowed to have weapons and wars were fairly just!! these days America will place sanctions on a country (like Iraq, Iran, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine) disarm it, send inspectors to make sure they have no weapons to fight back!! then invade it using fighter jets, satellites, smart bombs, cluster bombs etc... then send in the army to have a bit of fun (rape 14y/0's) do a bit of target practice (on civilians) and of-course take the oil, take the land!!

Before in the camel and sword days, you can tell who's a man and who's not!!

Answer 2

War is the same as it has ever been - breaking things and killing people. The technology, the killing power, the ability to more effectively hit a target and more efficiently kill change, but that's always been true.

But the concept of disarming the world's greatest powers is NOT the solution.

Look at the world today. Where are the greatest losses of life in the past 20 years? Congo, Rwanda, Darfur. Millions dead. Did the superpowers have anything to do with those? Nope, nothing.

Is world peace threatened by the superpowers? No, it is not. Why? Because they have the most to lose in any major conflict. Peace is threatened by the fringe elements - Iran, North Korea, Venezuela.

What I'd rather see is the powers cooperate to prevent, deter, or overthrow those places. THAT would create a peace, a modern day Pax Romana. Because, as history has shown, peace has only come when it was enforced with superior military might.

Answer 3

Your analogy certainly fits the Vietnam fiasco, especially since the same message was carried forward by four presidents. Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon all flew the same banner, "stop the spread of communism."
Kennedy went so far as to create a democracy in South Vietnam, so that his administration could show the American people that the US was protecting a democracy.

Had the US been listening, it would have believed Ho Chi Minh that his desire and objective was to have an independent country following WWII, he nor his people wanted to return to being a French colony. The arrogance of Eisenhower didn't allow that message to be heard. After all, the US couldn't forsake white Europe for a 3rd world country.

Ho Chi Minh chose communism as a means to an end. He needed the ability to get the French out, and the Americans simply were not listening. The US's failure to communicate with Ho Chi Minh resulted in his turning to China and then Russia for support.

How simple it would have been for the US to tell our loyal friends, the French, to go to hell!

Disarming the super powers is a pipe dream. The US and Russia actually signed a disarmament pact, however I believe to the Russians it meant, they could sell them rather than disarm them.

Answer 4

It would be nice if we were able to all live in the world in peace, but that is not how life is. War is not just Human. It is from the smallest viruses up to the largest organisms(nations). Competition and survival are built into all life on the planet. Yet even such a pessimist as me wishes and wonders "what if" and if it would be possible to ever find the Garden of Eden where the original sin is nonexistent

Answer 5

The wars in the world is not always started by the ones in power!
and the "real" reasons is sometimes hidden so far away that not even the president may view them.
but, yes I agree we need to sign a peace treaty soon
not just in some country's but all of them
so yea stop war and make peace

Answer 6

War: Same concept - different day.
There's been war from the beginning of time. From caveman fighting for cavegirl and bonking each other over the head with a dinosaur bone to win, to years at becomming more and more proficient at killing more and more people with less and less.
Only in a perfect world we have no war, but there isn't any harm in dreaming...
Peace!

Answer 7

The facts and details change, but wars have always begun for negative emotional reasons, such as fear and greed. Other things are used as excuses, or justifications, but it all comes down to those two. Even when nations go to war against others who started a war for these reasons, it is usually fear over th e agressors actions.

Answer 8

Some say "without war, there will be no PEACE".The true question is, what are you trying to obtain through war?Is it truly PEACE, more war, land, or just to simply conquer the globe?There is a hidden agenda behind every war, unless it is for TRUE PEACE.

Answer 9

Wars and rumors of wars. We humans have gotten really good at killing each other! Reason seems to go out the window with passions fly!

Answer 10

of course if your talking about this senless half baked war do you expect it too change with george bush wanderring around as a so caledd dumb president a war mongerr?? a reason for, for this was there weapons of mas desctrucionn in the first place?/ right