Democrats, do you believe in war if it is absolutely necessary?

Answer 1

Although I try to be a pacifist, I do believe in some cases war is justifiable when your defending your own country which is why I believe we made the right decision to invade Afghanistan because we were "actually attacked" by Al-Qaeda which we saw in New York and D.C. That wasn't the case though with Iraq which is why I think we were wrong to invade Iraq. Sadam never threatened the U.S. the way Osama did. Therefore we had no justification. It was the Bush Administration that misled Congress into declaring war so Bush could make up for his failure in not capturing Sadam and be a "hero" for getting rid of a murderous dictator and bringing "democracy" to the Middle East. We see how well that's been working! LOL

Answer 2

I believe in war as a last resort. Wars have been fought since the dawn of man, and will continue to be fought until the end of humanity. Just look at yahoo answers, some people will disrespect other people for no reason when they answer questions and then others will retailiate. Just read the answers to your question and you will see an example. Now imagine that on a larger scale. Theres many ignorant, uneducated people in this world that have so much ingrained hate and prejudices that it is hard for diplomacy to take its course.

But definitely especially how the US is isolated geographically from most of the world, we should only invade/ go to war with another country if its our LAST option.

Answer 3

It was a Democratic president, opposed by isolationist Republicans, who got the U.S. involved in World War II in Europe. It was another Democrat who made the decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan to end the war in the east. It was a Democrat who realized it was necessary to give aid to the now-defeated Germany to help counter the Soviet Union's designs on the rest of Europe. I'd say the Democratic record on fighting in wars that were necessary is pretty darn good.

The Republicans have the market on unnecessary wars cornered.

Answer 4

The poet Robert Burns wrote in 1768:
"Ye hypocrite! Are these your pranks?
To murder men and give God thanks?
Desist for shame! Proceed no further!
God won't accept your thanks for murder."

War is seldom "absolutely necessary" because most 'war'
is predicated on hatred, evil, covetousness, jealously, pride, prejudice, religion, lust, greed, revenge, bias or bigotry. There ARE countries that never go to war, because they don't initiate it. Hatred begets more hatred. Greed begets more greed. War begets more war.

If your argument is that Bush's unconstitutional, illegal, unjustifiable, immoral war is "absolutely necessary", I would strongly take issue with such tripe. We invaded another sovereign nation that in no way threatened, provoked or attacked the United States, all because the Bush family had a personal vendetta against Hussein; Cheney wanted all of Iraq's OIL; and the giant U.S. military-industrial complex needed to boost its sagging profits. This insane 'war' was not about defending ourselves from those who attacked us on 9-11; it was not about establishing peace in the Middle East or bringing democracy to Iraq; it was not about finding 'weapons of mass destruction'. From Day One, it was all about OIL and WAR PROFITEERING at any cost - even the cost of 675,000 Iraqi lives and the lives of almost 4,000 United States soldiers.

Not even World War I and World War II was "absolutely necessary", but at least we had legitimate reasons for engaging our troops in those sanguinary events. The 'war' in Iraq is seditious, and only serves to inflame those in the world who see the U.S. as a bully that constitutes 5% of the world's population and squanders 55% of the world's resources. -RKO- 07/15/07

Answer 5

Absolutely.

Answer 6

Yes. Jog your memory. Do you know anything about the Bay of Pigs? Did you see Kennedy back down from Cuba? NO!

War for protecting your country not for corporate gain. I took many classes in college. Try to do some studying.

Answer 7

Yes. I believe that it is valid method of foreign policy if used prudently and not as the single means of foreign policy.

Answer 8

I'm only answering this q for to reply to been threes comment. he says what is war good for,
how did we stop communism? fascism? oppression?

Answer 9

Yeah, of course. Defending your country is great, it's just taing over countries that's terrible.

Answer 10

Liberals would rather embrace the enemy, accept their ways of life, and entertain a group hug. To a liberal, their is no need for war. Unless your fighting for the white house......