World Religions

The reason I chose this title was due to the imagery I got from a book I was reading. The red carpet in this case is not some fabled award show walkdown, but a carpet of blood and corpses. Is war really justifiable for a cause. Even though it may save millions, should we really rush in to such things without fail or question? If you were a grunt in a war, would you be secure knowing that the cause you fight for might not be right, what you are doing in any other situation would be considered wrong/illegal, and the fact that the other side is just as human as you? Really, when I think about it, I don’t like war. I think its necessary, but it makes my skin crawl. The fact that this happens so often, that others profit about it, that generals can sit in a room and decide who will function as bait or who gets to die that day… that idea just makes me uncomfortable. However, is diplomacy and doing the right thing always best? Through such actions or inactions, you may waste precious time necessary to stop the suffering. Fighting from the inside doesn’t always work, and when it does, it is time consuming and somewhat more fraught with dangers than open warfare. At least, in one aspect, war may get the job done quicker, solve the problem more efficiently than asking the enemy nicely. I guess I would support it if necessary, but trying the slow way first is not a bad idea. I still don’t like it though.

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