What do you think about war? Has the US been to laid back in peacekeeping missions? Is war senseless, or...?

Question

is it the only way to bring about peace?

The US has watched countless wars go out of control.

Rwanada - 800,000 dead
Liberia - 200,000 dead
Sierra Leone - 75,000 dead
Somalia - they are still blasting each other.

Liberia was founded by freed American slaves. America did little, militarily, to quell the violence. Countless conflicts around the world have been allowed to fester while the US government abdicates its responsibility. Can this be morally justified? Is it just simply not our business?

The US gov (as well as the UN) allows problems to escalate into full scale crises and until genocide is reached.

What's your opinion?

Answer 1

We can only do so much.

That being said, there is a political component to intervention, unfortunately.. The regions you've mentioned aren't critical in a geo-political sense.