Is war ever Justifiable

In addition I strongly believe that wars are caused by powerful people who want to increase there wealth. War is due to greed, anger and selfishness. Only the leaders are to be blamed. The leaders do not fight for themselves; instead they get everyday/ordinary people and expect them to do the fighting and take the risk of being killed. Some argue that it is everyone’s duty to fight for ones country and it is also a great honour to die for ones country anyone who doesn’t is a coward or a wimp. Again I think this is an unwise argument. These people don’t realise that they are being tricked and putting themselves in danger. Furthermore they are aiding the leaders in the process. Only weak minded people feel that they can only win through physical power. Look at Gandhi. He defeated the British without resorting to war. War is not necessary and it’s not a good solution for revenge.

Furthermore I believe one country does not have the right to intervene in another country’s business. I think this is the main source of how most wars start. One country buts in with another countries business and before you know it you’ve got a conflict. Like the war in Iraq how did that start? The US thought that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. Iraq disagreed. So the US started a war with Iraq just like that. It seems that many people disagree with me saying that this not how wars start. Furthermore they say what if the other country is killing people like the Nazis in Germany. Would you stand idly by and let them kill innocents? Surly Not. I understand you would help your country in such a threat like that but may be you won’t need to start a war. The world is full of selfish people and people always try to go to the maximum extent over things. You could try and do it in a different way that doesn’t involve violence for example a peace treaty. War is not the answer to things and there is always another way.

War changes the way people live their lives. War hurts people emotionally, changing someone's feelings and looks on certain things. War also hurts physically and mentally and hurts a person’s mind due to torture. War is the most hurtful thing in mankind and for millions of people it ends their lives. War just doesn’t have effect on one or two people it has effect one the whole country. It rips countries apart and leaves them in unimaginable situations. In addition I think War is brutalizing and unconscionable, war is also unhealthy and unforgettable and my personal thought is war is an act of human stupidity. I firmly believe war can never be justified and it should only be used at absolute last resort. If it continues like this I think in the end War will lead to the end of the world. Weapons are getting stronger with the ability to kill a million people in a second. The amounts of deaths are shocking; like the Iraq war. 109,032 civilian deaths as a result October 2010. War is not worthwhile and it can never be justified.