2006-09-10 15:31:58 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
No, there is no winning
Just a matter of who loses the least.
The only thing that wins at war is ego
2006-09-10 16:11:22 · answer #1 · answered by lowflyer1 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on what you consider winning. The North won the civil war. In the sense that the South conseded defeat. You make a valid point that perhaps that no person really benefits from war. Too many people die and it is basically just senseless. In that sense we are all losers in war. But I'm sure their are certain instances where the death of many benefit the lives of many more. Again the civil war. Had the south won the war I'm sure that life today would be very different for millions of African-Americans. Was it all worth it? Did winners emerge from war? You be the judge.
2006-09-10 15:39:12 · answer #2 · answered by Jack Tired 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
World war 2
2006-09-10 15:38:40 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on what you mean by win. In a military sense where you define what you want to achieve and what your willing to give up and have a certain criteria for "victory" then yes.
If you mean in a human sense, as in does the human race as a whole benfit from war the answer is probably not.
Did America win the War for Independence? I think they did, militarily. Is the world a better place for it? MUCH tougher question and really impossible to answer since if England had won we we have no idea what life would be like now. I think what you really mean to ask is "Is war ever justified?" and only the people fighting it can say.
2006-09-10 15:39:52 · answer #4 · answered by Scott L 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes some wars are won but the price is always very high no matter the battle. Think about American history. We won the Revolution and became an independent country from England, the war between the north and South ended slavery........
2006-09-11 03:21:44 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i don't think people really win wars. but i do think that nations and groups of people win. but at the same time everyone loses. i guess in a sense it is like sacrificing the lives of those lost in war for the embetterment of the people. it would be nice if war were not a necessary evil, but wars have always been and always will be.
if it were not for ww1, where would the jews be?
if it were not for the american civil war, where would blacks be?
i think it was worth it, although i regret so much was lost in the process.
2006-09-10 15:46:40 · answer #6 · answered by ŧťŠ4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can win a battle but not a war. Even if you thought you won, the other side can always regroup. So the current war against terror is not a war at all but a series of never ending skirmishes, both sides claim winning.
2006-09-10 15:43:52 · answer #7 · answered by flugelberry 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Like Miyagi said on "The Karate Kid". Fighting is never good, someone always gets hurt.
I think war is more of an ego thing. Just like George Carlin said, war mainly consist of men who are mad at the world because there are other men with bigger peckers than them.
War is just an ego thing. To show other people that you are the bigger animal and they should have the highest degree of respect for you.
2006-09-10 15:41:19 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes but you can not fight a war with rules. You can not win a war if your hands are tied behind your back while the enemies don't have any rules and all is fair to them.
2006-09-10 15:38:08 · answer #9 · answered by nilafied 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if your question is under a socio-political context, my answer: nobody wins in a war. ever. to paraphrase a saying, "you can only win battles, not wars."
the biggest losers are the people, the land, and all other beings/things in between.
2006-09-10 15:40:23 · answer #10 · answered by anikins 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋