Who do you think start wars, governments or ordinary people? So who do you think can stop them either?
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I agree w/FreeBird, there are lots of forces working behind the scenes for wars. As has been so painfully shown in this current one, I mean if you believe what the admin is saying that we invaded Iraq to "Protect our country" and "Foster Democracy". Then;\nA) Like the elusive WMDs, there never were any terrorists in Iraq...oh yeah TILL WE INVADED!\nB) What about Iran, N. Korea, or a multitude of other countries that have said outright,"We HATE America, we ARE developing WMDs, and WE WANT TO KILL YOU!"? \nC) Why right after 9/11 after saying "Our #1 priority is capturing or killing Bin Laden.." did "Dubya" not even 4 months later say,"We don't know where Bin Laden is, & we honestly don't care, Iraq is our main focus now..."?\n\nThink about how much $$ the defense industry, Haliburton, Big Oil, etc, has made & continues to make from this war.\nThis war was orchestrated as "pay back" for Bush's backers.\nTo keep our focus away while Bush dismantled 40 years of environmental protections, gave billions in tax cuts to the ultra rich, "outted" government whistleblowers who disagreed with his devious plans, and tried to rewrite future legislation to patronize his "base".\nWell beginning today most of that will be just a bad memory.\nDon't get me wrong, with the exception of the environment I think both parties are essentially the same. But just like the Dems before 94 with their complete control of the last 6 years, the old adage rang true,"Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely". The Republican party had become what they promised they would fight, we came out of the fog & sent them a message yesterday. Democracy works best when there is balance, right & left, Liberal & Conservative. That is what our founders sought to achieve. May the investigations begin!
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Government is a necessary evil, I think a small, limited, Representative government is best.\n\nIf all of the governments in the world fell or just shut down.  Gangs or tribes or families or groups of families would join together to maintain order and defend themselves from others (these are all primitive governments).  This is because man is a social creature and government is the top level of social order.  And then a few hundred years later they would create a welfare state taking more than half of your income.\n\nSo my short answer is new governments would form almost immediately.  If they didn't someone, would come along and take all of your stuff.
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What do you mean by control?  The government should protect them.
380024
War is usually about the most wanted commodity.  The most important commodity I can think of is Water.  So if I had the resources and the evil nature, I would go after controlling all the water supply world wide.  This is the ultimate power ... but I'd need to hire real smart scientists to figure out how to separate the people from my new water supply that only I control.
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YES! Why should people have to fight a war that they don't believe in, when really there doesn't need to be a war at all?
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no. and i hope not. \n\nits not a pretty sight having wars. and its not just the headlines every country is affected.lets cross our fingers itll not happen.\n\n"WARS doesn't decide who is RIGHT, ONLY whose LEFT."
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No way would the war still be going I am a firm believer that if people in power want to send people to fight wars then they themselves should go into a remote jungle and fight the other sides politicans and leave the every day person out of it and that way innocent people would not die for no reason
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It shouldn't be regulated in the first place... the government needs to get its nose out of everything but running the country and fighting the wars.
1053145
War rules................I never understood that concept.  How can war have 'rules', and do people really expect others to respect these so called 'rules'?
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There will always be war because people will always disagree.  Religion, politics etc....
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You're startin' to rile the natives...\nBut to answer your question, If they keep it up, the whole damn world will be addicted, so there won't be time for wars. \n\nGOOD JOB Y!A Team!!!!
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Conservatives, in general. I am fearful that more people will believe their terrible sick spin on things. I grew up believing that you go to work, PAY YOUR TAXES, and everything would take care of itself. It is americas shame not to help its own people and throw 400 billion into a bad war that shouldn't have never been.
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I'd say war on drugs. They are becoming an abomination on our land. It is so wide spread it would be hard to find a group to inlist. \nBut it needs to be dealt with properly and soon. It is destroying so many lives.
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Doubtful, you're such a sweetheart! You are absolutely correct, but what happens is that both heads of state are usualy the wrong people for the position they are entrusted with, so they end up behaving like unbehaved kids. Like bullies in an Elementary school not willing to find a more mature way to end thier dispute.\n\nTo add to your question, they don't only kill thousands of soldiers, they kill 10 times more civlians. You know... civilians are mothers, fathers, babies and grandmothers. Imagine those were yours... wouldn't you do your best to avert a war? or would you take it lightly just because your own family is safe?\n\nYou know what I mean? \n\nI love your question! :)\n\nGod Bless you.
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I don't think that there is a single person that wields unquestionably 'the most' power. \n\nI think that it would be handful of people from powerful governments, businesses, and religions of the world.
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At it again are you? I'm not saying that the reasons we are there are right or wrong or any war for that matter but I do realize that someone, somewhere, must try to stop dictators and third rate nations that try to become first rate to fast. When talking fails and turning the other cheek doesn't work... all that is left is war, no matter what scale. So... it takes a lot of dedicated young people to try and straighten things out with weapons and I know of nothing more dangerous in the military's arsenal than a pissed off nineteen(+) year old with a weapon. The sad thing is... someone has to lose. Be it us or them is yet to be determined. One of life's facts is that everybody has to pay. To what cost? I don't know but I've seen enough to know that this is sometimes the only way to deal with zealots and fanatics. Oh, I have my own thoughts(and ways) of dealing with terroists but then the American people would be really taken aback! I'm amazed that most people can't comprehend war or what happens in war. I guess that's why our military does its utmost best to keep it away from our shores. By the way, I've eaten crow(Roasted) Once I got past the worms and maggots and almost cooked it black it's not to bad. I won't recommend it though. Only if you're extremely hungry.I've also talked crow (called them in). That's how I got to eat one. Having a weapon would have made it a lot easier.
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If we don't stay and help the new government get set up. Another tyrant wil take power. \nThis same issue was faced in WWI but we didn't keep a good check on it so Hitler had it easy while taking power