WAR – What is it good for?

     There are a growing number of self-proclaimed republican leaning individuals in this country that state that WE NEED WAR. When I hear this I have to cringe at the thought of what they have just said. I try to break it down for them into the three words they just used. We – Need- War. To me war is nothing more than an excuse not to try diplomacy. It serves no purpose but to wreak havoc on entire countries, generations and populations. It has been used as a means to an end. The end to what most have not figured out. When the thought of someone enjoying war comes to mind I think that individual needs to be psychologically evaluated.

     When these people say WE, they are being all inclusive, leaving no one out. But what if some want to be left out? What if some do not believe in war? Why would they lump some people with others? It is to make you feel as an outcast if your opinion of war differs from the rest of society. They want you to feel like you are different or maybe that you are the problem or reason for our wars. What is the goal of saying WE in a statement that all people do not categorically fit into? I think the goal in a sense is to try to convert your way of thinking to theirs, to change your mind on the subject, even if just temporarily.

      The definition of NEED is to require something because it is essential or very important. It can also be a circumstance in which something is necessary, or that require some course of action, or necessity. So by those definitions is war really a NEED. I believe that if correct diplomacy policies are in places and are properly followed we could essentially reduce the frequency of war and military actions by the very least 95% The NEED that these individuals speak of is in all actuality a want. They want our country in a war, to show dominance. To shove our ways of life down the throats of our rivals, as if our way of doing things is the right or only way, America is one of the youngest countries in the world, what do we know about the ways to successful longevity?

     

    What is a WAR? Military action taken against another nation, sanctions and blockades, genocide, restrictions of trade and barter, assassinations of political figures and citizens, mass murder of innocent as well as militant peoples of another nation? What would you consider a WAR? The actions taken by our country has included all of these things at some point in time. America has used the dirtiest of tricks to oppress people and overthrow governments, we have placed handpicked rulers in power of countries we have taken and then had to assassinate them because they become tyrants and dictators. We have used sanctions, blockades and restrictions to force countries to abide to our will. We have used chemicals in the food supplies to these countries to reduce populations through impotence and birth defects; we have used guerrilla regimes in a country to overthrow the national government.  Al-Qaeda is a prime example. Al-Qaeda was created by and funded by the American government to overtake the communist forces in Middle Eastern countries. Only when they had taken over the communists did they turn their sights on taking over the American placed government in their country. They have been used as scapegoats and compulsory labeled “terrorists’ in the recent past. They have been used as an excuse to invade and occupy countries which are not ours.

     WAR should never be used as an excuse for the failure of words, diplomacy can work and we can have peace, the only question is are you open to the idea of world peace instead of world policing or world dominance. It is a fallacy that WE NEED WAR, some may WANT war, but it is not a NEED. The destruction and decimation of human beings is never the ends to violence it is the breeding ground of it, with the approach of non-interventionism the world would be safe from us and they would be more peaceful with us. The idea that dominance shown through violence has lent itself to history, have we not learned, have we not experienced it enough? Think about it DO WE REALLY NEED WAR?