Topic: What are the reasons to support war? (Read 1713 times)

A war is a battle of dreams.
Dreams to which are purposely created.
A dream where people fight to stand up what they think is right and just.
A dream where people believed that it just matter, upholding their freedom towards peaceful living.

natural resources and country dominant. but mostly wars is become benefits for they who controlled. and the victim are innocent civiliant.
we should stop war. and living peacefully.

Please, don't get me wrong, but your subject line sounds hostile, doesn't it?
Anyways, we cannot justify war no matter what.

In the present day, wars are fought basically for control of resources. In other words, for greed. But in older times, they were for a wider range of reasons. Reasons which include religion, ego, love, glory, etc. Very few agree that war brings some benefits at the end of it. But this is the simple truth. A lot of the technological advancement we enjoy today resulted from wars. In all, the loss experienced from wars far exceeds the gains.

War (any war) leads to chaos and devastation. There's NO reason at all to support it in any way!

I can't agree more! War is a disaster, do we really need any reason to support disaster? I don't think so.

Has anyone here ever heard of the Gestapo? Rape of Nanking? How about ISIS?  I could go on but the only thing that would prove is there can be mass amounts of big-time evil in the world.  This can occur at nearly anytime and any place.  There is only one answer that these enemies understand.  Burying your head in the sand and blaming oil, money, US or whatever will do nothing.   I would truly love to be a pacifist but my world is too filled with potential dangers.

The purpose behind all wars is hackneyed voracity. Individuals are insufficient calm stream of life. He who has control needs more power. He who is rich needs more cash. Thus in all things. More land, more control, more domain. For "somewhat more" individuals, tragically, are prepared for much. To wars, carnage, covetousness and ravenousness. The apocalypse is certainly not a characteristic disasters. Humanity will pulverize itself.

I think it's very important to distinguish. There are different kinds of wars. It seems like recently there aren't a lot of "traditional" wars. So many wars these days seem to involved a country or countries sticking there noses into other countries' business across the ocean. I think it's pretty stupid to support a war like that. Patriotism is definitely a horrible excuse. If another country attacks your country, that is something completely different. Then I think it definitely makes sense to defend yourself.

Here's just one example:

Because the axis powers (Germany, Italy, and Japan) had their eyes on conquering the world. And they were acting upon those goals. They invaded France, Poland, Western Russia, Manchuria, the Philippines, annexed Austria and Hungry, island hopping across the Pacific, and bombed Pearl Harbor.

Negotiations had been tried (N. Chamberlain) and despite agreements, their advancement did not cease.

It was only by use of military force that they were stopped.

There are some reasons to support any wars that your country and other allied countries wage. Let's divide it into two perspectives:

I. Supporting your country's wars

   a. Patriotism
           It is defined as an ideology of love and devotion to a homeland, and a sense of alliance with other citizens who share the same values.

   b. A belief that there is no other options available
            It is a common reason if your country face economic or military blockade that prevents your country's development and progress. Also, if your country and any agressive countries don't reach any treaty or agreement.

   c. Because the cause for which you are fighting is just and valid
              Let's face it. We have reasonable excuses, even if any people would look at it, they will say that it is valid.

   d. To defend your beliefs, values, country and family which is best done
               As the saying that goes around, "the best offense is defense". It is also a common reason to support your country's war.

   e. To grab teritories and geographical areas that are rich in resources
             We support wars to gain teritories and acquire resources that are critical in our economy.

II. Supporting allied country's wars

   a. Quelling any rebellions, threats, etc.
               This is important because it secure not only ourselves but also our prosperity and our laws.

   b. Rewards after the war
                A common reason why a country allied with another country in waging war is to get the rewards bound by their treaty once the war was won. It may be economic, geographic, political, or material rewards.

    c. Securing the future of your country
                 It is important to support other allied countries to ensure our future as a nation.

The only reason to support war is if you are getting some kind of gain from it. I don't mean to say that this is a good or noble reason, but it is usually the reason. Many people in this thread have brought up the point that governments often to go war to secure some resources. This is very often the case. The scary thing is though that private companies have so much more to do with it than we might think at first glance. Typically private companies produce the weapons that governments pay billions of tax-payer dollars on. It is then typically private companies that go in and help rebuild the infrastructure in countries the government spent billions to destroy. It is then private companies that also go in and take over resource extraction and sales. It's all about money. It's a sick sick game.

to protect their way of life- i would disagree it's the 21st century, there are different ways of solving this problem. As of bettering way of life- i agree. Some countries are taking aggressive measures and attacking other countries not to name specifics , then yes war is needed

I suppose it depends on the aggression level and the rhetoric coming from that country. If they are talking like "We mad, we blow you up!" and they start launching bombs in your direction to try and provoke a response than they are giving you no reason to believe that they wont attack. but, maybe you should just hope for the best and prepare for the worst. Personally, I would hate to be the first one to make a move on anything other than peace talks.

War should be supported in some cases, some of the are;
Wen there is famine, and there is no much food. When people go on war, some will die through it and there by reducing the population of that region. On one word, it is used to reduce population.
War should also be supported  to gain  freedom, when people terrorise another people, it later lead to war there by, the two parties go on separately

War is only allowed as a last resort. Whenever there is lawlessness and decline of morality the miscreants should be put down to protect the innocent, is how it is put in the classics. This includes self preservation, to protect yourself from invaders. I think the most frequent reason why a country fights in is natural resources, other than that another reason would be Patriotism, a belief that there is no other option available, because the cause for which you are fighting is just and valid, to defend your beliefs, values, country and family ..

A normal human being should not be thinking of war, u used USA as a case study the war they are fighting is not a civil war perhaps its a civil war they will know that war is bad, they were unable to feel the pain and the agony they caused the nation they want to empower. we should be praying everyday that war should not come near  our jurisdictions, only the northern in nigeria can explain the wrath of military and boko haram with herds men gun, bombing and killings. War destroy resources its causes famine . I pray we will not experience such in our land. there is no reason to support war. Round table is the solution to man kind problem. Arthur has started it and we should admire that and does the same. thanks.

A war to stop tyranny and a dictatorship which infringes on the Fundamental Human Rights of its citizens is always justified. A war which seeks to end genocide is always justified.

Yes, your'e absolutely right. One of the main reasons why a certain country wage war on another country is because they want their territories,resources and supplies like oil, bank reserves or gold reserves. But, there is also a possibility that this about raising of funds.
Obviously, when you go to war, you'll need every weapons available to fight the enemy and in this case, what's the effective way to requests budget from this?  Surely, to request fundings which will come from taxpayers money. I believe they orchestrated their own war because they manufacture their own weapons,guns,ammunition, war ships,tanks and missiles. Im talking about united states here. Yes, i believe they often declare war because literally there's money on it and they gain great profit from it.

The growth of resources is linear, and the population grows exponentially. When population growth exceeds the growth of resources, the surplus population is always consumed in the form of war.

Fight for survival and development space.

Competition for production and living materials.

The struggle for the right to define justice.