Fighting Without a Purpose
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by
War starts with blood shed and ends with blood shed. The only difference between modern war and past wars is that now there are more weapons and more people who are narrow minded towards alternate ideas; alternative ideas that could have saved millions of innocents lives. When Athenians went against other tribal groups, centuries ago, it was considered brave and victorious. Keep in mind, land was never given freely, native tribes were killed by neighboring tribes who wanted more than what they possessed at that time. Lords would tell knights that if they wanted more money, they had to take this land and protect it. When a land was picked out, knights weren’t told of previous owners, they were warned of ‘enemies’. Wars to this day consist of no purpose; wars are merely to hold pride, authority and honor. Although militarism has been successful, it is surely not the only tactic that could be successful. War is sometimes needed because a country doesn’t have any positive or stable tactics to fall on. This doesn’t mean that it always has to be taken to such cruel some ways of warfare. A large quantity, out of millions and millions of military personnel, do strongly believe that if the government didn’t take militaristic actions, the country would be weaker than it is now. Many will agree, but that is simply because no other way has truly been tested. Military is what gives authority and power over most countries; it sets high standards, limits towards enemies, and friendly allies too. It’s a president’s best friend in a time of suffering. William James has failed at achieving his goal of making people aware of the necessity of war along with an optimistic mind of other options. By solely mentioning tribal wars that occurred centuries ago, and authors who supported the idea of war, it lacked in credibility towards his purpose. Finding soldiers who are passionate about fighting wars is wonderful; finding groups of people with that same passion towards another strategy would be spectacular.
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