Ghandi asked a similar question not so long ago when he had to contend with an occupying colonial force in his country.
2007-11-20 15:48:43 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
I doubt there would be any difference for the victims.
Oh and switzerland has a direct democracy.
2007-11-20 16:02:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Ghandi wanted the Jews to let the Nazis slaughter them.
Better quotes:
“There are historic situations in which refusal to defend the inheritance of a civilization, however imperfect, against tyranny and aggression may result in consequences even worse than war” --Rehinhold Niebuhr
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
“War will disappear only when men shall take no part whatever in violence and shall be ready to suffer every persecution that their abstention will bring them. It is the only way to abolish war.” --Anatole France
As Mankind becomes more liberal, they will be more apt to allow that all those who conduct themselves as worthy members of the community are equally entitled to the protections of civil government. --George Washington
2007-11-21 00:43:48 · answer #2 · answered by RTO Trainer 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
None. What is relevant is whether it is being waged against tyranny. I would say for Democracy, but there are no democracy's in the world. We are a Representative Republic not a democracy!
2007-11-20 23:54:47 · answer #3 · answered by cantcu 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
It makes no difference to the victim. But the only time war can EVER be justified is when the purpose of the war is to end tyranny, and/or to stop a despot. *sm*
2007-11-21 00:28:57 · answer #4 · answered by LadyZania 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
To the victims, it doesn't mean anything, except it was probably going to be more gruesome if it was execution by the tyrant. As for the victim's family, the gift of freedom and democracy means more because they know that their relative died to give them that. Every true American knows this.
2007-11-21 00:01:58 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
To the victims or casualities none; to the survivors which side wins means a lot.
2007-11-21 00:08:54 · answer #6 · answered by GunnyC 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋