How can we get people to help stop war?
471638
we can not end a war but war will end us
457061
Tell them we really appreciate their efforts even if their leaders are inept and sent them to the wrong place to fight the wrong war against the wrong people. \n\nIt's not the military's fault, it is the fault of those who sent them over to Irak and let the true terrorists escape and even fluorish.
202984
Because of the bozo who is running this country honey!!! If I was you I would start a petition on exactly what you are asking about and get your family, friends, people at school, people in your neighbor hood, etc, to sign and  also get other people to start a petition, the more the better and then take  to your local governors office and he should then put it in the right hands....You never know you might be the one to start something where people will sit up and look at all these poor soldiers going to war.  I am so sorry that your father had to go but I'm glad he came back in OK. Listen honey, the clown who is running this country is a selfish, greedy idiotic, man you hides behind the fact he is a God fearing man, Ha. well he is not and he Will not stop shipping soldiers to Iraq, he doesn't want peace he just wants, what he wants. So sorry to burst your bubble war will never be resolved it is a part of life.  However the petition thing could be the start to get people to pay attention.......and stop looking the other way.
338472
i think the only way to bring about change in a short period of time is by war, peace takes so long because you have to annoy the crap out of the people you want to change.  war gets peoples attention, there are peacefull demonstrations every day most people just ignore them because they cant get enough people involved.  Like with gas prices 200 people standing on the corner protesting is not going to change anything.  I also don't think a war needs to be fought with guns there are other ways of going about it the only problem is we can not get enough people behind one cause to make it worth wild to fight
1100122
Stop foreign aid which funds third world dictatorships.   Pull out western government intervention, since they are rarely ever able to achieve any of their stated goals, anyhow.  Let the corrupt regimes run out of money.  Eventually, they will be unable to pay for the rottweilers that keep the masses down.  Then the poor people have a fighting chance of beating their poverty.\n\nAs a side note, power has a way of attracting the the most corrupt, self-serving members of society.   So to see it in other countries, as well as my own, comes as no surprise.
1100256
i agree. start getting others to join your cause. i will be one. email me at happylittlecity@yahoo.com anytime you have something going on. i will be there to help. seriously. i will make phone calls, demonstrate, write letters. you tell me what you want done.
225565
Nuke them.  its the only way to get their attention.  I am sick of the USA having to abide by these weak azz UN laws when we are the super power, HOW ABOUT WE ACT LIKE IT.
1067407
Of course it could.  However I don't think that will ever happen.  War is too convenient.  War is a remarkable catalyst for redistribution of funds.  A select  few in the grand scheme benefit.  War does not help the starving children.  It does however help the munition mfg. and makers of war  implements. War helps lobbyist  and the organizations they lobby for.  It also helps  political enities  who are not above a little ill gotten gold.
1081550
There are only two ways to resolve any dispute among human beings.  Either the two sides work a compromise together that meets the needs of both.  Or force is used to make one side give in to the other.  War is never a real resolution of any issues, because the underlying factors that caused the misunderstandings in the first place are still there.  Sometimes we just have to wait for the next generation to take action to resolve issues that are nonsense.\n\nPeople have to be taught to hate.  People can be taught to love.
183859
I think the reason why the dont try and solve the problem is because they wouldnt get as much recognition. If you think about it, only bad news hits the headlines. So by doing demonstrations they get the recognition, also a lot of these so called anti war protestors are only in it to get their name in the news.
859588
Who the hell knows, but we do need to do something.  This war is not working out the way we expected.  We have spent 1/2 trillion and we are making enemies faster than we can kill them.
455185
Agreed. You know we are what we are. Our leaders are who they are. So we bite the bullet and we dig in and work with what we have. Complaining never got a thing done. \n\nSo what can I do? Well I can keep teaching the kids in school in hopes of educating them as our future. Keep volunteering when we run into disasters. Pull the community together and help make people become aware of what the truth is, not just the perceptions. \n\nExcellent question!
496044
Send them an anonymous letter. Warn them that they must stop. Make it sound official, or pose as some deapartment head doing an audit and ask pertinent questions. Pick up a gov't envelope from someone. One third of our population works for gov't, so you should know someone who would help.
437136
Like it's been said, nobody 'likes' war..  Support it? 100%.  The problem in this country is people who say things like "Give peace a chance".  You think we haven't?  You can't be peaceful with people who want you dead and don't care how they do it.  Women, children, white, black, short or tall.  THEY DON'T CARE!! If you don't follow your religion, they want to kill you.  So what if you want to “give peace a chance” with them; they don’t.  Or, even you support them, they don’t care, they’ll still kill you and your family and friends and your dog just because..  Maybe once you think about who we’re fighting you might understand, but I doubt it.
562797
Tough one. War sucks, but other countries helped us in the old days, we've made alliances, we should do our part to help.
180093
"Everyone wants to save the planet. No one helps mom with the dishes" - P.J. O'Rourke.  Fix the problems at hand and work your way up. Seldom if ever will folks not in the top power positions get to make the difference you seem to want to attempt. Try doing something smaller first. Simple acts of human kindness count, too!
1177154
Politics makes war go on and on.  We should go in and get the job done but our government leader have to many agendas.  The US is a world leader but not the only one. Our government is trying to make every one happy which makes the war continue. Contact your congressman and tell them to get the job done now. We don't need another Vietnam.  That was a war that politic made us lose.  Powerful money people that support the war with supplies are another reason for the war to continue.  They lobby congress and congress fails to do the right thing.  Let our men and women do the job they were trained for and then we can finish this conflict quickly.