war.....has something good,or just verry bad?
491825
Its bad very bad! its just play ground stupid antics on a big scale! that's all its comes down too all war is if you don't like what I'm doing lets fight! Very aggressive!!\n\nPeople just can't live together! we are all the same but so different! :-(
1032485
the good and bad of something
823863
I truly do not know how to answer this question in full. I, personally, am not particularly fond of war, and yet it is a fact that it happens. So, then, what to think and do about it?\n\nJust for example, it would appear that Allied retaliation to the Axis during World War II was justified war. Germany was attempting to take over Europe and parts of Eurasia and spread its hate-centered, anti-Jewish zeitgeist all over the place. It would seem to me that the desire to exterminate an entire people based upon their bloodline--i.e., the Jews in this case--is evil and should be stopped. While there were many other motives involved in that war--Germany's wish for power and resources--it was the anti-Semitism that was most abhorrent, and thereby justified cause for war.\n\nFast-forward to the modern-day war waged between the U.S. and Iraq. The declaration insists that this is about terrorism and tyranny.  But we all know that Hussein was not directly allied with Al-Qaeda, even if he had certain affections for them. That is, Iraq was not the cause for the attacks on the U.S. on 9/11/01...and yet many Americans were led to believe that it was. So the reasoning for the war got changed from anti-terrorism to pro-democracy...which is, in this one case, insufficient cause to go to war. Iraqis--many, at least--did not ask the U.S. for help in liberating itself, and so the U.S. is attempting to force its system of government onto a foreign land when many in that land are opposed to it. So the question of evil is confused here. If many Iraqis had been pleading for the U.S. to help them, that would be another story. If the U.S. just sees that others are oppressed, or whatever, and rides in on the white horses in an attempt to bring liberation, this seems unjustifiable.\n\nGood and evil are not in the eye of the beholder, I don't think. But I do think that "good" and "evil" are ill-defined for political purposes a lot of the time, and that many are led to believe certain others are evil so as a state-sponsored war can be waged...when the true motives for that war are undisclosed to the very people supporting it.\n\nBut to give a clear and simple answer to your bigger question, "What's to say what's good and what's evil?"...God is to say what is good and what is evil. It is just a question of whether the people waging and fighting war have sought God's will and guidance before engaging their military machines. And we all know that more naive minds can be manipulated into believing that a war is God's will when really it is the mere will of people who are seeking access to natural resources, strongholds in unstable regions, land, power, and glory.
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War can be bad, but some things have to be done for this country. I am somewhat hurt by some of the answers to your question and I hope some people will back me up when I say this.\n\nMy husband, whom I love with all my heart, is  halfway  around the world defending your right to say all mean things. \n\nYes, you have the right to your opinion, so do I. My opinion is that some of you people are answering this question just to ridicule MY country, MY  president, MY husband,  and all the other American soldiers who put their lives on the  line, just so you can have the "freedom"  to complain. \n\nI worry every day about my husband and I am afraid that maybe one day I will see him on the news before I hear back from him. War kills, there will always be war because there are always going to be people unhappy, just like some of you people. \n\nBut he is damn proud to be over there serving for his country and for your freedom. And I am damn proud to be the wife of an U.S. Army Soldier.
683406
Wars are fought when two countries have big problems such as invasion when a country wants more space or more people there are many reasons why a country go to war but there are a lot of disadvantages to because going to war is  lose of a lot of money and loss of life.
1141986
When you boil it down aren't all wars an inability of one or both sides to see the other's point of view?  All wars are fought over ideas.  I think that wars will always been fought, there will always be people who will not abide by what is right.
413524
Sad but true, all wars since world war 2 have been conflicts. from korea to iraq. every generation has seen war. or as the gov calls it conflict. tell a soldger that korea, vietnam, panama, iraq 1, iraq 2 is not a war. i wouldnt but the gov would. they would tell them it was a conflict. messed up i think.
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Other people have pointed out that we were actually the aggressor in Iraq because they didn't attack us (though we were defending innocent people) so I'll talk about why war is wrong.\n\nThe problem with war, philosophically, isn't war itself.  It's that in every war, innocent people will get hurt and die.  That's considered murder (yes, I know it's called collateral damage, but taking someone's life who is not threatening you is considered murder).  If we could have a war in which only people who consented to being in the war would be involved in the war, then you could have a moral war.  But that won't happen - even the best people when put into horrible situations will have to make decisions between one bad or another.
1005204
its a conflict in terms i guess. a oxymoronic idea but isnt all war moronic anyhow
231537
Of course it is, that's the principal reason for it. That's why war is so disgusting...going to die and kill for other people's money, for in the end, it's for their sole benefit and not yours. Like the actual war...we're just string puppets for the top people's money.
325742
It never will get better, wars in particularly are fought due to money. i.e "oil,gold,land" , even religon, thats how the U.S.A was founded, it would be nice to see the world unite for a common cause, if it was not for fighting we would not be here today. wars have helped the technology improve even if it is to cause devastation, also created thousands of jobs, also believe it or not, it helps the economy
1061258
Wow,\n\nYes the good old days of war.\n\nJust line up with the muskets..or better form a line and charge with spears.\n\nIf you feel the need to reminisce, or feel nostalgic for something. Well war is just a bad choose.
689949
There are good and bad.
570061
lots of events have occured. (War of independance, anything like that is usually good)\n\nis it recently or a long time ago. please specify for all who come after me
579842
There was a great essay I saw on this the other day, here:\n\nhttp://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/5/26/155350/677\n\nThanks to the original writer, I couldn't have said it better myself.  You can't wage a war against an emotion.  It's like the "war on love" or the "war on sadness", the "war on regret".  You just can't "win" or "lose", there is no goal.  I'm still trying to figure out how people got Iraq mixed up with "terrorism", despotic and tyrannical dictator and murderer, sure, but not a terrorist.
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what i would have to say coming from one who is over here right now is the media doesnt want any one to know all the good that we are doing over here because the media precives war as bad. something the american people dont want to see no matter how well the troops are doing. they think the american public wants to think that the war is going horrible even if we are doing more good then bad. like how many reports are there of a sucessful mission as opposed to the deaths that happen. i think its just cause a few people want to see the bad to justify there unpatriotic acts.\nthats all i have to say on that.
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Well, it would depend on what you define "just" as.  This is the point of using just war doctrine.  If it meets your definition of just, then you say it is just.  I do think there are cases when war is "just."  When it is the last resort to stop genocide for example.  When going to war is the lesser of two evils, it is just.