Do you think the reasons for war given by citizens shows anything?

Question

For example, WWII is widely accepted as being a justified war on the US side. And when asked "why did we fight?", you would see the same answers over and over. Most would simply say to stop Hitler and the Nazis.

But when you ask that same question about unpopular wars, you tend to get very different answers.

So do you think that there is a connection between the people's understanding or justification for war and the popularity of the war? I think the more justified or necessary the war is, the better understanding the people will have for why the war is justified or necessary.

Answer 1

Yes, the more the people know what the war is about the more they will support it. People don't understand that if we leave Iraq or if we had not gone in there very well may have been another attack here. Intelligence they have received from captured terrorists has led to the spoiling of who knows how many attacks. We stayed out of WW2 until we were attacked by the Japanese at the same time we were having talks with them.

Answer 2

i belive the influence of the media has played an very important impact on how the war is percived, think about it all the people heard from WWII was what the goverment toled them. then later in the century you have people such as CNN ABC MSNBC etc etc etc...

also when you have a clearly defined bad guy it helps world war 2, it was japan and germany. today its "terrorists" thats not a very defiant you cant walk down the street and go "hey theres one get em"

id like to disagree on one point, in world war 2 there was no strong anti-war movment past Dec 7, 1941. a congressman voted to ago against the war when they were voting for a decleration of war in the senate. his reason was she did not want america viewed as a blood thirsty nation that thrived on war. he was not reelected in the next election

also media plays an influence now everyone is better "informed" on the war (i use that term lightly as all media outlets are biased) so people have a better ability to assess the situation and come up with there own answers

Answer 3

I don't think there is a connection. During WWI and WWII, there were large anti-war movements. A lot has to do with how the war was perceived AFTER the war was over. A clear victory over a clear bad guy is always better than a loss or tie.

Answer 4

If the public is convinced a war is justified and necessary, they'll get behind it, no question. If it's unclear why we're fighting a given war, it will become less and less popular as the money and casualties pile up.

Answer 5

japenese bombed pearl harbor yes we did have to go there the wwii japanese then declared war on us .we were supplying england w weopons cuz we and england were friends and the germans didnt sink amer ships thats when germans did now sink our amer ships so that put us at war w germany basically we got drawn into ww2 by them the reason we intervened was because they tried to take england because we were supplying them then japs threatened us that is what took us to war it is alot more complicated than that or not depends on people smarts iraq no threat that is why we bush is sending troops to nonthreatening countries if u remember w were in persian gulf and embassies in iraq no threat just rumors by im ashamed to say people like us citizens of us do not know about i guess ingorant is bliss

Answer 6

America did not enter into WW II to fight the Nazis but to fight the Japs who attacked us and were allied with the Nazi, after entering we then turned some of focus to fight the Nazi but our biggest concern was Japan. Their was no interment of German Americans, only Americans of Japan ancestry.

Answer 7

I think there was more moral support back then, but now everybody has to point a finger at their own people for all of the 'problems' we're having now.

Answer 8

America needs oil
therefore America takes
what America wants
America gets

that's why America is considered the bully of the world... to say it nicely.