You would think that since we can now easily destroy hundreds of millions of lives, we would want to understand why we go to war, but do we? Think carefully, you may be graded.
What is the cause of war?
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Its the little monkeys that live in our brains. If they run out of little bannanas, then they have to fight other brain-monkeys to get more, and since they are in our heads, they have to use us to fight other people who have brain-monkeys in their heads.
But then, you know, I COULD be wrong.
But then, you know, I COULD be wrong.
apoppin
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Nationalism and pride or superiority. Spurred on by religious and other perceived 'differences'.
Look at the last two biggies:
Iraq: Iraq invades a US ally, Kuwait, who also happens to have a lot of Texas tea beneath its soil (sand?). Reason for war: defend alliance member + monetary interests.
Kosovo: Slobodan M. decides to "take back" the increasingly independent region of Kosovo. Reason for war (before NATO intervention): religion, ethnicity, tit-for-a-tat. Reason NATO goes to war: Bill Clinton delivers an ultimatum to Solbodan M. who rejects it. NATO is then forced to act.
Many reasons for war. Almost all of them stupid. Iraq was a "winner" both morally and economically. Kosovo was a "loser" both morally and economically.
Iraq: Iraq invades a US ally, Kuwait, who also happens to have a lot of Texas tea beneath its soil (sand?). Reason for war: defend alliance member + monetary interests.
Kosovo: Slobodan M. decides to "take back" the increasingly independent region of Kosovo. Reason for war (before NATO intervention): religion, ethnicity, tit-for-a-tat. Reason NATO goes to war: Bill Clinton delivers an ultimatum to Solbodan M. who rejects it. NATO is then forced to act.
Many reasons for war. Almost all of them stupid. Iraq was a "winner" both morally and economically. Kosovo was a "loser" both morally and economically.
War is caused by pride. No matter whether it is religion, power or money based, it is all the same thing. People want to have the title as the best in the world, and they are willing to kill over it. It really is an extreme case of what convex stated previously in this thread.
When you get down to it
War is diplomacy by other means.
Also its a war of playing politics, would Milosovic had been able to stay in power for so long if he wasn't able to scapegoat all Serbia's problems & justify everything through wars, the west & ethnic & religious differences.
War is diplomacy by other means.
Also its a war of playing politics, would Milosovic had been able to stay in power for so long if he wasn't able to scapegoat all Serbia's problems & justify everything through wars, the west & ethnic & religious differences.
i must say i was suprised that the reason being 'religion' so significant
as far as i know
WW1 and WW2 wasnt caused by Religion
as far as i know
WW1 and WW2 wasnt caused by Religion
Basically it comes from ignorance and selfishness.
People want to believe that their way of life or their "values" are superior to another's. Thus it becomes easy to rationalize or justify actions against others.
People want to believe that their way of life or their "values" are superior to another's. Thus it becomes easy to rationalize or justify actions against others.
So it would seem that many of these answers contain the idea of a superiority vs inferiority undercontext.
Alternately, there's the idea of people vs resources.
Anybody see any other generalizations, or want to phrase these differently?
Alternately, there's the idea of people vs resources.
Anybody see any other generalizations, or want to phrase these differently?
xtreme2k, not all wars are directly influenced by religion. But taking WW2, Hitler hated the wealthy Jews and that was a large part of his country's agression.
The need for population thinning. Think of the world population if there had not been any wars.......actually we kind of need a major one right now.......though ideally one without atomic weapons 
The reasons for war are varied and many and cannot be generalized to any appreciable degree. If you were to ask why does the U.S. go to war, you could say self-defense (WWII), economic interest (Gulf War), regional stability which affects our security (Korea, Gulf, Vietnam), nationalist pride (Spanish-American), and perhaps a few others. Religion has spurred numerous wars not the least of which was the Crusades. Expansion of borders has also caused wars, and simple brutality has caused others.
Now, wars tend to be caused by independence movements (Sri Lanka/Tamil rebels), ethnic hatred (Africa), economic interests (Gulf), border security (Chechnya) and border disputes (Pakistan/India) though there are exceptions everywhere.
<< Hear that, AndrewR? >>
My, how trite of you.
Now, wars tend to be caused by independence movements (Sri Lanka/Tamil rebels), ethnic hatred (Africa), economic interests (Gulf), border security (Chechnya) and border disputes (Pakistan/India) though there are exceptions everywhere.
<< Hear that, AndrewR? >>
My, how trite of you.
I think war is Gods way of teaching man geography.
No offence intended to those who are religious.
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No offence intended to those who are religious.
Copyright goes to The dictionary of Fools sited here: http://www.bsod-games.net
Thank you for your attention.
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