Is war ever the answer?

Question

War has been used forever on this earth, and has it ever done any good?

Answer 1

War serves an evolutionary purpose. Armies, and wars in general, are needed as a natural part of human evolution. When you look at war from a long-range perspective, it becomes clear that, as destructive as wars are, their very destructiveness has served as the primary force for the evolution of the human race.

By mercilessly eliminating those who were unable to survive in the theater of war, wars resulted in a constant upgrading of both the physiological and intellectual acuity of man.

Although many bright people perish in wars, the preponderance of the casualties occur among people with the limited intellectual capacity to understand the mechanics of wars and who are thus unable to avoid becoming casualties.

Who would seriously dispute the fact that smart people have higher living standards than intellectually less endowed persons do? War eliminates the intellectually less fit and thus, in the end, raises the average intelligence and the living standards of society as a whole.

Throughout the ages, evolution took advantage of the 4 horsemen of the apocalypse, war, natural disasters, disease and famine.

If we succeed in eliminating armies and war, we are also eliminating war in its capacity as a powerful contributor to evolution by keeping the world population in check. We are now at 6 billion humans, scientific projections of growth predict 10 billion within 50 years...mostly in under developed countries. Humanity will reach the limits of available resources at 9-12 billion..this is not sustainable.

We can only speculate as to which path evolution will take in reducing the world from 10 to 3 billion. A battle for resources will favor those with higher levels of intelligence and rationality. Evolution never recedes to irrationality, superstition and stupidity.

Answer 2

Every freedom you enjoy was created from the barrel of a gun. It is sad to say, but very true. There is no way you could be enjoying the things you enjoy and the intellectual freedom you have if it were not the victories our country has won since the Revolutionary War. This is not to say that you need to be at war constantly to have freedom, but war has played an important part in the progress of man's freedom.

Answer 3

Force can stop some great evils (usually governments using forc themselves), but the use of force is, well, a blunt tool. That is, it's an imprecise and often costly method for a country to acheive its goals (the USA's involvement in Iraq springs to mind). Diplomacy, economic pressure, and social influences are often less costly in lives and cash.

Answer 4

War never did good to the world.

Answer 5

Remember -- killing the Jews was only the first part of Hitler's plan. Then came killing gypsies. Then killing blacks. And, especially, killing homosexuals. The list would not have ended there. "War is never the answer" is pure heads-in-the-sand BS.

Answer 6

Would Hitler have stopped killing Jews if it wasn't?
Going to war againt him was good.
The fact of the matter is war is sometimes the only answer.

Answer 7

War is not the answer because people should be able to come together and make peace.

Answer 8

In my opinion, no. In other's, yes. Some believe that the only way to solve a problem is to fight it out. However, I believe that a problem can ALWAYS be solved in a peaceful matter.

Answer 9

The answer to what? It would depend on what questions are being asked.

Answer 10

probably not, nothing ever gets resolved