I've often thought about this one, I suppose because there seems to be so many of them. Someone must ultimately decide that a war is good for something or will achieve a certain objective. The are currently over 40 separate wars currently being fought on this planet. Do you think that when they are over, if they ever are, that the people will rejoice? Unlikely considering the place they live in will be mostly destroyed, the people they love will be mostly destroyed and for generations the remains of war will still be destroying them.
Modern warfare is all about damage, civilian damage. It spoils everything and pollutes the land with discarded weaponry and munitions. Explosives wait patiently for years before unleashing their power on the unwary. Todays wars are fought as far away from home as possible because once touched by war, it is never the same again.
The welcome liberation of a country from an unwanted and uninvited enemy is a justification for war of sorts. But when applied to places like Iraq and the middle east, who is the enemy and who is the defender?
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