wot do u think about war?

Answer 1

War, huh, what is it good for, absolutely nothing....

Answer 2

While it is impossible to justify starting a war, it is important to also realize that it can be necessary to join one.

By start a war, I don't just mean sending in troops first. I mean doing whatever you do to make the situation unresolvable. Whether it is making unfair demands, or refusing to acknowledge legitimate complaints, or actually sending in troops, the party that starts the war has very little they can say to justify their actions.

However, if a nation finds itself the victim of aggression, they have every right to respond militarily, and should exercise that right.

Some true peaceniks will say there is no just cause in war, and that all participants are equally guilty. But the fallacy of this, and the sheer narrow mindedness is scary. If your nation is invaded by an oppressive regime, you should make every effort to stop them.

To claim that no defensive action is justified is almost the same as condoning the attacker. As an example, let's say that during World War 2 the United States simply decided they didn't want to fight and stayed out of the war, even after Pearl Harbor. Then today, at the least, the entire Pacific Rim would be part of Japan, and all of Europe and likely Russia woud be part of Germany. And both of those regions would have been under the rule of vicious dictatorships that viewed all but themselves as sub-human. Not a pretty picture.

So, hard to justify starting a war, but can be very easy to justify fighting in one.

Answer 3

The only people who can argue in favour of war have clearly never been caught in the middle of one. Sherman was right, it is absolute 'Hell', literally. It would be difficult to imagine anything more horrendous than what happens, as a matter of course, during wars.

I am going to relate a story that is very personal, and I hope that it may bring home the point of my answer.

My grandfather was killed in action, he was a pilot in the first World War, but oddly he survived that ( statistically very, very rare ), and was killed in the Middle East in the early 1920's. My father, who was 1 year old when his father died, and thus never knew him, joined the RAF in 1939, and was a pilot throughout WW II, spending the last couple of years as a POW. I too, was a military pilot.

When the Falklands action broke out my father and I had a conversation about whether I might go to 'do my bit'. To my astonishment he became very agitated, almost to the point of anger. he had never shown anger towards me ever before.

The ensuing discussion covered all aspects of war, and, at one point, I asked him flat out, whether or not 'his war', WW II, was justified.

He answered without pause, and with a chillingly cold and resolute tone : "No war is ever justified !"

I have thought about this conversation many, many times since, and looked at every aspect of it. Eventually I realised exactly what he meant, and accepted that he was unequivocally right.

What do I think about war ?

I think it's about time we grew out of it, and put such behaviour behind us. There is always another way to resolve differences and conflicts.

The old, weary, tired arguments as put forward by a couple of answerers here, that if you aren't prepared to fight then other tyrants will take you over, just don't hold water. The worst thing that could have happened to Hitler and his Nazis would have been taking over the UK, we are virtually ungovernable by the people we vote for, never mind an invading Hun !

War is bloody, it's barbaric, and it doesn't solve anything...it just begets more war.

Answer 4

ok, a truely honest answer. I ahve actually been through a war (age 10-15) and I can honestly say that it is never necessary and that it is the worst evil that can happen to anybody and anywhere. don't have any dillusions that it only happens at battle fields, most of it happens to people, children especially, living in constant fear and hearing nothing but the news of more dying, while everybody tries desperately to end it. you never recover from it, neither do the countries involved. the sad thing is, we will never learn.

Answer 5

I think there are truly very few people who know all the truths about what is going on over there, so I try to not make judgment one way or another. Instead, I try and focus on more important issues, like supporting our soldiers there instead. They and their families are sacrificing a lot just to do their jobs and they deserve never to be forgotten. The war? Who cares!! These brave men and women will forever be in my prayers!! God Bless All Of Them!!!

Answer 6

war is wrong and in a civilised society there is no place for it innocent people get hurt and lose the most unfortuanalty in the society we live in there will always be a war everyone thinks there own cause is right and have the right to take over as john lennon said "give peace a chance"

Answer 7

I hate it when Earth trembles because it is having another bad day. Do you?

Earthquakes, volcano eruptions, forest fires, and floods.

Some people think war is stupid. Negotiation skills need to be presented to prevent disagreements that cause wars to erupt.

If we people of Earth are going to exit Earth into the Outer Space we need to learn better negotiation skills day in and day out.

Turning to war is the last straw.

Answer 8

Sometimes necessary, or it used to be in the old days. I think Hemingway said it best... "They wrote in the old days that it is sweet and fitting to die for ones country. But in modern war there is nothing sweet nor fitting in your dying. You will die like a dog for no good reason."
I completely agree with this. What happened to fighting for honour, for country and for freedom? What do people fight for now? Power.

Answer 9

The human race is an argumentative one and it seems like war is something we have always done, something animal within us that is always ready to kick off at a moments notice.

Answer 10

It is what we do as a species. We fight over all things, promotions at work, parking spaces, our own property, sport and all other things where two opinions do not agree. Political correctness will not ever stop it, liberals will not stop it. It might not seem right, and the one thing we learn from our history, is that we do not learn from our history.

Answer 11

Bombs are flying
People are dying
Children are crying
Politicians are lying too
Cancer is killing
Texaco's spilling
The whole world's gone to hell
But how are you?
I'm super
Thanks for asking
All things considered
I couldn't be better I must say
I'm feeling super
No, nothing bugs me
Everything is super when you're
Don't you think I look cute in this hat
I'm so sorry
Mr. Cripple
But I just can't feel too bad for you right now.
Because I'm feeling
So insanely super
That even the fact that you can't walk
Can't bring me down