Do you believe in war? is killing the answer?

Answer 1

Killing is not the answer, but war is sometimes inevitable. It's human nature to destroy ourselves.

Answer 2

Well war is what made the United States of America and gave you freedom. War freed the slaves. War is stopping terrorist from attacking our country now unless your listening to a bunch of liberal propaganda. Sometimes it happens when all else fails could you imagine what would be happening in the US if our armed forces were not in Iraq or Afghanistan the suicide bombers would be here blowing up unarmed Americans. These extremists will not listen to politics they still have tribes and warlords we helped some of them when the soviet union attacked them and this is what we get frig-gin Bin Laden is a good example!!! Most of the world does not like war but unfortunately there are still a bunch wackos and dictators that in my opinion the UN should be taking care of that is why it was pretty much formed!! So yes I do believe in war to protect our Country, our freedom, my family your family, our way of life and even big mouth liberals!!!

Answer 3

yes, i believe in war and killing.

that said, i wish it was not that way and i wish as a country we were more compassionate. i wish we understood better how fortunate are and were more willing to spread it around. maybe then these terrorists wouldnt want to kill us, maybe if we had spread the wealth around instead of exploiting other countries there wouldnt be terrorists in the first place. but there ARE terrorists and they do need to be killed.

im sorry, thats just the way it is.

also, what if iran attacks isreal? what then? and what about ww2? wasnt that a necessary war?

there are people in this world who have messed up heads. ...i dont want to call them bad people, i just think they have messed up heads. ...and sometimes the only way to stop these people from killing is to kill them.

war isnt always the answer but you gotta do what you gotta do.

Answer 4

« By any other name…The attraction of war
I was intrigued by the comments of Stanley Hauerwas, a Christian ethicist and pacifist who spoke at Rocky last night. I was most interested in an observation from foreign correspondent Christopher Hedges, noted by Hauerwas: “One of war’s enduring attractions is that it gives us purpose, a meaning in life and ‘allows us to be noble,’ Hedges said.”

I have often thought about this when reading accounts of war. In war, you have two extremely important goals, one personal and one communal: preserve your life and defeat the enemy. There aren’t many opportunities in civilian life for that kind of clarity of purpose.

I also remember thinking, particularly when reading about the Civil War, how much people can accomplish when a job simply has to be done and the cost is no object. Gangs of soldiers, directed by corps of engineers, would throw a timbered railroad bridge across a wide, deep gorge in a matter of days, a project that might have taken many, many months in peacetime. Of course, in wartime, objectives are almost always short-term. If the bridge only lasted a month or two, it didn’t matter as long as it served its purpose of hurrying men and supplies to the scenes of battle. It didn’t even matter, ultimately, if the bridge collapsed when a trainload of soldiers was passing over it. You don’t worry about liability or permanence or long-term consequences during war, you just get the job done.

The problems of peace are always much more tangled because the long-term is everything. If we could end hunger or stop drug abuse through one quick, massive infusion of money, energy and manpower, of course we’d do it. But we can’t because the problems of peace require permanent, patient attention, with no guarantee of success.

War is not attractive only because it gives us purpose and a shot at nobility. It gives us a chance to cut through all the frustrations of dealing with eternal problems and presents us with problems that can be dealt with immediately, problems that can be shot up, exploded or otherwise obliterated. Unfortunately, even war isn’t quite that simple, and sometimes the unintended consequences of war are as difficult to deal with as the problems of peace.

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Answer 5

Yes I believe in war. Sometimes killing is the only answer.

Grow a sac you pus.

Answer 6

It was in WWII.

The Nazis absolutely could not be reasoned with. War was the only method of resolving the dispute.

Now we are fighting the terrorists. What do you think?

Answer 7

War is. Your belief is immaterial, as is mine.

Answer 8

Only when all other options have been explored

Answer 9

NO! and killing is never the answer!!!!

Answer 10

Okay - what would YOU have done about Hitler?