The end justifies the means
2007-04-18 07:29:14 · 16 answers · asked by kasper2787 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
as long as you're the winner you get to write the history. therefore, the "means" becomes whatever you think it should be.
2007-04-18 07:35:47 · answer #1 · answered by Alan S 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Nothing, including this quote, is always true. In recent years, the ends have not justified the means at all.
2007-04-18 14:33:30 · answer #2 · answered by Navtej Kohli 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, but I would agree with this one:
"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself."
- John Stuart Mill English economist & philosopher (1806 - 1873)
2007-04-18 14:36:02 · answer #3 · answered by patrsup 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yes, if you are talking about war I have to agree with it,but only in a total war such as the World Wars,in those wars you had to win at any cost or the U.S would be in direct danger we could not jsut bow out.But in Iraq there is no need to break the Geneva Convention or anything its just oil.
~~~~~But hey I am just a young buck I have not gotten to my service yet.
2007-04-18 18:26:55 · answer #4 · answered by fred 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope, I agree with this one....."We the willing are led by the unknowing, we are doing the impossible for the ungrateful, and we have been so much for so long with so little that we are now qualified to do anything with nothing". This is the military in a nutshell!
2007-04-18 14:39:55 · answer #5 · answered by shawna 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Vary rarely.
In most cases when it is used it is in the case of doing something to the detriment of others and that is immoral.
2007-04-18 18:19:24 · answer #6 · answered by Murray H 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not Always
2007-04-18 14:31:27 · answer #7 · answered by Mail J 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes and it depends on the situation.
2007-04-18 15:40:52 · answer #8 · answered by Vagabond5879 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
iT depends. Usually it doesn't, but in war it usually does. Every situation is different, so this question is mute.
2007-04-18 14:39:01 · answer #9 · answered by BARBIE 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
nope, that's a scary quote!
2007-04-18 14:32:48 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋