War & Pieces?

Question

As the worlds biggest war mongers, shouldn't the USA channel it's billions into promoting world peace instead of wasting time, money and effort and lives finding excuses to start wars.

Why must US presidents start a war just to add their name to the history book of modern warfare.

Answer 1

Just by becoming president they add their name to the history books we went to war to fight terrorism.

Answer 2

In 1945 we were attacked by Japan and they also declared
war on us.We were justified in joining the war.Oh by the way we saved many Jewish, Gypsy, and other group
targeted by Hitler

The S Korean were the US allies .There were concern
about Communism also.Though involvement might
be questionable we did the right thing to protectan ally

Vietnam was also to protect an ally as well.After we left
million were killed by the communist and the Khalma Rouge
Obvious we were not the bad guy in the situration

In 1990's Kuwait was attacked by Iraq in order bully
them.The US and the world intervene to stop Sadam

In 2001 the US was attacked by Al quida.A heartless
evil terrorist organztion.thousands of innocent
people were killed,We attacked back.We were
justified in that action

Iraq- Did Sadam have WMD..Maybe doesnt look like it
but it is still possible.None the less we rid the world
of a ruthless dictator that butcherd and killed own
people,BTW the US is now begining to make headway
in Iraq.I think liberating a country is worthy cause.I think we
were justified

so you see your staement is based on a bias and
flimsy theory.In general the Us has been a force for good
the world rather you believe that or not

Answer 3

These expressions are harder to observe in recent weeks, as fewer people are willing to talk about the war. Demoralized, perhaps, that the “reasons” – make Iraqis happy and free, find weapons of mass destruction, kill Saddam – are unfulfilled, and look like a sham. Or maybe just bored now that the “the Battle of Iraq is over” as G.W. Bush proclaimed. (Admittedly, I did not engage a comprehensive variety of opinions in my conversations about the war; strongly pro-war voices were more interested in yelling at me than conversing, a game I refuse to play.)

I think Vietnam Syndrome was a gift from history, a gift from the Vietnamese people, not a disease, but a symptom of maturity. Vietnam and the Civil Rights movement brought the US into the late 20th century with a population ready to join – not lead – modern western civilization, that maturing collection of social democracies who at least try to acknowledge and learn from their own checkered histories and look to the future with human values, including a primary value of cooperation and international law. The promise of Vietnam Syndrome was to decrease US hubris, to grant the painful, necessary, humbling baptism into the possible United Nations. I am not naïve, and know that between Vietnam and Desert Storm the ruling warriors were using US money and military to murder poor people from El Salvador to East Timor and other lands. These were secretive dirty little wars. The Kissinger-Kennan Klones, the realpolitik executives, knew Americans would be appalled if they were aware of this thug-propping, drug-dropping, terror-breeding, minefield-seeding diplomacy. It was our exhaustion and disgust with war and politics, the shamed pains of Vietnam and Watergate that made the warmongers continue their dirty work more quietly. This is also when the mega-media consolidation was accelerating, and investigative journalism was slashed. Too costly, annoys sponsors, too cerebral, not sexy…why bother? Such policies helped cloak the daggers of the hidden wars.

Answer 4

With Bush, it's based on trying to make his Presidency a legacy.

Bushey's own words...“Start a small war. Pick a country where there is justification you can jump on, go ahead and invade.”

Except his justifications for war with Iraq are still unclear.

Answer 5

Aside from the Iraq war, which wars did the USA start?
WW1 ... nope WWII nope .... Vietnam war nope.... Korean war ... nope ...

I see holes in your theory.

Answer 6

.It is not our resposibility to promote anything for anyone.Oh yes we have started so many wars ( Sarcasm)