What can this country do instead of war?

Question

i really find it sick for people in congress to vote 'yes' on going to war. they're just sending people to die over seas. what can this country do instead of war? i mean, if everyone was on board to change everything. even the bad guys.

we get the world leaders to fight it out themselves. or just one person (representative) per country to fight it out.

Answer 1

Finding that answer would change the world as we know it.

Answer 2

Coragryph sums up the situation in America nicely. The Bush administration has made it policy that America will go its own way, regardless of what the rest of the world wants. In other words, it explicitly rejects diplomacy. Going back to actually talking to leaders from other countries, an idea for which Barack Obama was ridiculed, would help immensely. War should be a last resort, not the first thing you do.

Answer 3

You might want to put this question in a carefully thought out category.

Politics will get you many opinions.
Military will get you some facts.
International Organizations will get you both.

Who was it who quoted "War is the last resort of Diplomacy" meaning if all else fails, then consider war next.

Some of our enemies seek the destruction of our way of life. Here is the full text of bin Laden's open letter to Americans as to why he is at war with us. I suggest you read it, save the link, then rethink your question based on how we can deal with people like this.
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/worldview/story/0,11581,845725,00.html

I think the main problem in recent US military conflicts is not the set of circumstances that led to having a war but the lack of good planning for an exit strategy, and relevant intelligence to help with that.

This is partly because many US politicians, in recent history, have been in denial that there is sometimes a need for the US to get involved in the world. There is an isolationist bias that goes back many decades. This is good for the world. It means the US is meddling a lot less than it would be otherwise.

But this lack of planning what to do after we get involved in a mess, how to clean up the mess, how to leave the troubled area in good shape to govern itself after our troops no longer need to be there, that lack of planning is making a lot of places in vastly worse condition than had the USA never gone in there in the first place.

The answer I think is to get more involved in the United Nations. There is a branch of academia that can look at nations to see which are in trouble, get help from them in a variety of ways before they descend into anarchy and genocide and chaos. I think that kind of effort can best be done through the UN in the same way as many other international organizations like the World Health Organization (WHO) which is focused on disease, not mental health.

In the aftermath of the Cold War, it has become clear that there is another problem, religious education that teaches the recruiting of terrorists against the West and against western civilization. I think what is missing from the diplomatic efforts is to recruit the world's religious leaders to reshape this education so as to put a stop to recruiting future generations of terrorists.

Answer 4

Apparently, nothing.

We couldn't find a workable solution to drug problems, so we declared war on it.

We got hit by terrorists for about the 10th time, freaked out and declared war on the entire concept. (War on a concept....)

We didn't like Saddam, so for no other reason, we attacked him -- without even declaring war on him... just attacked.

And half the country seems to be unable to discuss any other issue besides one of the above wars -- meaning that it's apparent war is the only thing the US can actually do right now.

Answer 5

yep in a perfect world we could talk it out no fighting, no murders,no kids being abducted and raped, no robberies no crime, no wars. but we dont live in a utopia we live in a world where fanatics want to kill you and I and everything you stand for and love, freedom and the way of life so you cant reason with people like that its why we go to war to keep them at bay and kill them if we must.

Answer 6

Diplomacy has worked really well for a lot of people. Kennedy in Berlin. Nixon in China. Reagan with the USSR. I wish more leaders were willing to try it.

Working with other countries is a good idea, too.

Answer 7

I don't agree with all of the USA's choices, but I do agree with stepping in when we have the power to stop a tyrranical leader from genocide.

With great power comes great responsibility.

Answer 8

You're right. We should all lay down and let terrorist slowly cut our heads off. That way, when we are all dead, our soldiers wont die anymore.

Why did it take me so long to see the brilliance of your idea.?

Answer 9

Take better care of it's people. Provide good jobs so they can afford to buy food, good housing, health care & a better life. Take away bogus subsidies to rich farmers & corporations that don't need them. Provide free college education to all who wish it & can't afford it but are able to keep their up grades. Stop outsourcing.

Answer 10

we could invite al queda for a little horseshoes and a barbecue! we,ll take pictures of them being goofy with our kids and then we'll all run around playing hide and seek. then we'll all hug and wave as they drive away. what a perfect evening....yea, thats what you sound like to me...