I believe war is necessary at times and under different circumstances. But other times war can be prevented when nothing happened to put us into war. Like in Vietnam, they did not attack us in any way to push us into war but we still went. But today's war was provoked by terrorism, and even though it may be about getting oil, you can't just let those people who died in 9/11 die without doing something.
I think the U.S. should be involved in war when it is to keep Americans safe. If going to war means no more american civilians will die then that is a good thing.
I know that the Vietnam war happened without many reasons behind it.
Iain,
ReplyDeleteYou raise some interesting points.
I once heard someone talking about the current wars that the U.S. is involved, and they said something that I will never forget. They said, "How is is really possible to fight a war on terrorism?" This gave me pause, but as they went on, I understood what they were saying. He was raising the point that 'terrorism' is a concept and not a country or a group of people. Therefor, how does not effectively engage in a war on terror?
We'll be learning more about the Vietnam War on Monday.
Ms. Smith