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Well that's simple. Complete isolationism. That is the only way we would ever stop conflict.

war is only put in place because of greed, pride, and power. if you look at all the wars that have happened and under stand the reasons why then you would see that thats the only reason wars take place. but no one ever learns that. now do they.

So why don't we learn from history and stop it all together. Will it take the destruction of the entire world, to make people get along.

The U.S only seems to get mixed up in things if they get something from it. I think complete isolation is a bad idea. Doesn't America get alot of things from China, Japan, and other countries. If we isolate ourselves won't we have to cut off trade, causing another depression like in the 1930s.

i think it depends on what the war is for

Hokay....My opinion on wars is that they are kind of the only way that countries can do to prove a point ,a necessary evil as it were. (kind of like when your a kid and your doing something wrong and your mom punishes you for it, so you'll learn to become a structured person.) Nobody can get along without conflict.
There are so many people that would like for everything to be equal, and live life as if it were a Utopia. But then if every thing were to be equal then our society would go no where, because if we all had to be equal nobody would be smarter than anyone else, everyone would have to do everything the same ,we'd all have to have the same morals and religion, there most likely wouldn't be jobs due to the fact we wouldn't be able to have money... To be all equal- so on and so forth. People are just too different to all get along.

~ The book Anthem by Ayn Rand would be a good book to read on the note of this subject, if you haven't already read it that is...lol It is very good and makes you think too. 3nodding

Now for the pacifist to have her say.

Based on the previous statement, I'm sure you can guess at what I'm going to say next. No, war should never be used, under anycircumstances! It never should have been used in the past, and it should not be used now. Do you know what wars are? They're a bunch of big head honchos sending out their troops to fight each other for the benefit of none.

That's right. None. The winners don't benefit, the losers don't benefit, and all it brings is destruction. And it's not all even about which side wins and which side loses. People die in wars! Men and women with families they'd like to go home to have everything taken away from them. Whole nations are torn apart, whole cities are destroyed, thousands of years of history is lost in the rubble.

Why would we need to fight? Ever?

I suppose I'll forestall the opposition's main argument. World War II is brought up quite frequently, as Hitler is busy killing Jews at the time. But do you want to know what? Had World War I not been fought, World War II would not have either. WWII was not about Hitler killing the Jews! It was about Hitler and Stalin jointly invading Poland (which, consequentially, had nothing to do with killing Jews) and the Japanese attacking various locales.

Note that this all started with certain nations deciding that they wanted violence. Unnecessary violence, over wanting to obtain more land mass. Doesn't that sound familiar, all you US citizens who are shocked that Germany could presume to want more land? Why the land mass? Power. Sheer egotism.

Unnecessary. End of story. Goodnight.