I just want to see how people answer!
2007-03-17 02:16:26 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Here in the U.S., the military is run by the Federal Government.
2007-03-17 02:23:58 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, and it been so since its beginning. Carl von Clausewitz's "On War" (1832) stated "When whole communities go to war . . . the reason always lies in some political situation, and the occasion is always due to some political object. War, therefore, is an act of policy . . . In effect, it was a somewhat stronger form of diplomacy." Wars are fought when diplomacy, or other means of getting what a government wants, fails.
2007-03-17 09:29:44 · answer #2 · answered by vtpoetchic 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've been in the U.S. Army for over 11 years, have been deployed twice, have worked as an interrogator and infantryman, and, IMO, politics is inexorably tied to war. I don't think war could exist without being an extension of politics, as it is the politicians that send us to war, for their reasons.
2007-03-17 09:20:48 · answer #3 · answered by Brian Sparta 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not just an extension. War is political period.
2007-03-17 09:20:33 · answer #4 · answered by Julia Sugarbaker 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What else could it be? It is without a doubt an extension to politics.
2007-03-17 09:28:35 · answer #5 · answered by Gilla 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
War is the diplomacy of the ignorant.
2007-03-17 12:30:50 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
To be more specific, it's an extension of diplomacy.
2007-03-17 09:22:10 · answer #7 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yup!
2007-03-17 09:19:00 · answer #8 · answered by filip 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i say YES
2007-03-17 09:19:58 · answer #9 · answered by MiSz JaY 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋