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The War in Iraq is bringing up many questions on the ideals of war. Is it good, bad, right, wrong? There are many things about it that some people can't understand, so this is the place to discuss the heated issue of war.

My opinion. War is sorta right. If negotations and peace treaties don't work, usually war would settle things straight. There are two main variables in war: Reason and Outcome. What is the reason for this war? What will be the outcome? If the outcome is bad, will it affect people around them? The reason is usually a fight, violence, or some other matter.

War has changed over the past century. Back then, War was hand-to-hand combat, now we use missiles and stuff to kill them. Sure we have soldiers, but war was a hell of a lot different back then than it is now.

we should have congress debate and vote upon declarations of war.

that has not happened sinc 1941.

we have had serious armed conflicts, but no official "war".

it's better to do it the formal way; if we had done so with Iraq, some of the misinformation and bad guidance would have been exposed before we committed ourselves, i believe.

people say working for peace is naive, but then again it's never been seriously tried.

what would happen if we put all those war billions into peacemaking efforts? it could change everything.

Well uh if the terrorist would stop bombing everyone and everything maybe we would get somewhere.
What would happen if we left Iraq though? That is something I dont know.
Its kind of scary because we are always getting death threats from them that can really provoke people. Especially when they go into detail on how they are going to kill us.

i dont really think War is the solution just b/c peace treaties dont work. sure one nation may be able to benefit from it but what about the other nation. obviously they'll suffer. its kind of sad the direction the war is going. weapons are getting more and more advanced that ppl can kill each other without even looking each other in the eye. hell, we have the ability to kill large numbers of ppl without even stepping foot on the battlefield. just look at the cold war. it could have been the end of the world. if any country decided to launch missles first the others would have retaliated and that would have been it.


i wouldnt exactly call it a politically correct war. sure the US could bust out everything they have and annihilate Iraq but then Iraq could probably do the same. they have weapons of mass destruction too. theres no way either side is going to come out unscathed.

War is not a suitable option for me. To me, it is a very grand scheme level of immaturity. What do teens do when they have a conflict? They fight. They lash out at each other physically. What does it accomplish? A broken nose and suspension from school. Shouldn't adults be able to converse instead of lowering themselves to this sort of stupidity? What is the definition of "adult?" Maturity. The knowledge and ability to reason. War is not reason. War is the act of trying to force or intimidate the other party to give in to what they want. It can be done in other, more mature ways. I disagree strongly with war.

I know it's too late in the war for peace talk now. And that is exactly the problem I have with the world; it's not just the US. Everybody does jump right into war without thinking about everything else. I don't even understand how we got into war with Iraq (besides the supposed and imaginary WMDs) and why we're not going after the real terrorists who crashed into our buildings. But that's a whole different matter which I don't want to get into. The problem with the world today is that war is the only option. No one thinks peace talk will work, so if they try it, it's not for very long. If everyone was better (basically, in a perfect world) than less of our men would be dying on the front line and less cities destroyed by nukes that will eventually cause the destruction of this planet. I'm not saying that what I want will happen. I'm saying it's what should happen.