Will mankind ever be rid of war?

No. Territory will always be fought over and conflicts will always occur. I find it hard, that if the population estimates for the future prove to be right (if no restrictions get into place), war... Possibly on a larger scale, is unavoidable.

 

Is war good/bad/neither?

Both. War is a [cabbage]ty place but good things often spring from it.

 

Are the soldiers who fight war good/bad/neither?

Hm. Good. Because, the soldier don't have much choice. Politicians decide what to do, but they make the foot-people do the work.

 

Is war ever the answer?

Yes. You can't expect diplomacy to work each and every time, it would be great if it did, but war in some cases is inevitable.

I would, without a shadow of doubt, join the army if my country goes to war (technically they are (Afghanistan), but i mean on a large scale).

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I would, without a shadow of doubt, join the army if my country goes to war (technically they are (Afghanistan), but i mean on a large scale).

 

So you mean like, with another country, rather than a group within a country?

 

Just for the sake of discussion, what if say, the US invaded Canada without cause? Would you enlist? (unlikely, but just as an example)

I would, without a shadow of doubt, join the army if my country goes to war (technically they are (Afghanistan), but i mean on a large scale).

 

So you mean like, with another country, rather than a group within a country?

 

Just for the sake of discussion, what if say, the US invaded Canada without cause? Would you enlist? (unlikely, but just as an example)

I'm Swedish. But if i were a citizen of USA and Canada had done nothing to provoke us, but us attacking just to gain some more space, then no.

But i admit, if say my country were to attack Finland (which we would loose since my government has decided there's no threat and shrunk the military budget to throwing apples as weapons) it would be difficult. Because i don't consider them to be foreigners. But then again, it depends on what they'd done to provoke an attack.

If we turn it around and we were attacked, yes, i wouldn't think two seconds about enlisting.

I mean for example, if a fighter plane were shot down by country x and our country decides to attack them, then yes, i would join.

The technological advances and strategic changes in war are quite saddening. War use to be an art. Now its just slaughtering people. Attacking an unarmed civilian? No concept of honor or sport.

if there's a war that will happen, imo it should be between india and china

No concept of honor or sport.

Honor? In war?! Excuse me while I go laugh my [wagon] off. There is no honor in war. If you fight a guy, and you have an assault rifle, while he only has a pistol, are you going to be "honorable" and only fight him with a pistol? Or trade him weapons so he has the better advantage? No. Where is your honor when you are dead on the street? Honor will not protect you against bullets and rockets. Why do you think there is guerrilla warfare?

Don't get me wrong, I think killing innocent people is horrible and wrong, but it is going to happen. We just have to try and minimize it.

The technological advances and strategic changes in war are quite saddening. War use to be an art. Now its just slaughtering people. Attacking an unarmed civilian? No concept of honor or sport.

 

I know exactly how you feel, but not the honor part. I personally don't believe honor has its place in war.. The strategy and sport of it seems wonderful, and the fact that a single person could take many people out due to skill, and not just slightly faster trigger fingers is just awesome.

Although the new technology will save alot of allied lives, I have to be honest, I somewhat agree. Large scale conventional warfare just doesn't happen anymore; WWII was the last of it's kind.

 

P.S. Hellz yeah I just conquered the semi-colon!

P.S. Hellz yeah I just conquered the semi-colon!

But, alas, not so much the possessive pronouns!

P.S. Hellz yeah I just conquered the semi-colon!

But, alas, not so much the possessive pronouns!

 

Correct usage of the semi-colon permits grammatical immunity for life.

 

For example, if I say "So i go'd to the book store and me buyed Great Expectations", it would be automatically correct.

The technological advances and strategic changes in war are quite saddening. War use to be an art. Now its just slaughtering people. Attacking an unarmed civilian? No concept of honor or sport.

Sorry to burst your bubble, but even in ancient civilizations war was not an art. It was viewed as an art by the rich families of the military (e.g. the people who would read and write thus make history books) but the common folk was off to fend for himself; and we are the common folk.

Although the new technology will save alot of allied lives, I have to be honest, I somewhat agree. Large scale conventional warfare just doesn't happen anymore; WWII was the last of it's kind.

 

P.S. Hellz yeah I just conquered the semi-colon!

 

I'm not too sure about that...

 

 

With Iran building nuclear weapons and whatnot, and not for peace purposes, i'd say it's not unlikely for a third World War.

 

 

Also, the way Iran is treated at the moment kind of reminds me of the way Chamberlain (and probably the rest of Europe) treated Nazi Germany.

Will mankind ever be rid of war?

No, mankind has far too many variations of itself to ever be at peace for very long. Something is bound to happen.

 

Is war good/bad/neither?

I would say both good and bad. It is good for population control (although there are probably better alternatives).

 

Are the soldiers who fight war good/bad/neither?

The soldiers are neither good nor bad, most are just fighting for their beliefs/country, others are fighting for more selfish means.

 

Is war ever the answer?

It is sometimes the only realistic way. It should be a last resort, but it does sometimes come to that.