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Ok I admit, I really haven't made up my mind about if I support the war or not. My best friend has been activated, and it's a matter of days before they fly her to the gulf, and she has my total support. Yet all of this time one thing has really been standing out in my mind. Robert E. Lee (yea that confederate general guy) said after the battle of Fredericksburg in december of 1862 that "It is well that war is so terrible, or we should grow too fond of it," and that quotation just stuck with me. It seems to me that despite all of the outpouring of opposition for the war, that as far as America goes, the war won't be that terrible for us, and I think our leadership knows that. I have heard causulty predictions that our losses could be anywhere from 100-10,000 but most likely it will be on the mid to lower end. Although it will cost billions of dollars, it really won't have that much impact on the taxes we pay or the overall fiscal health of the US, and securing Iraqi oil for the world market should help the economy. There are some doomsayers both here at apolyton and in outside world that proclaim this war will bury a generation of americans, and other bs like that, but then again with the first war there was talk of how formible the Republican Guard would be in battle.
It seems to me that American military power can effortlessly destroy the Iraqi government with little battlefield consequences for the US, and the fact that it is so easy is why we are so eager. It's even seductive to me; I mean I think the stated aims are completely bs. As far as I know Israel or Iran could both be accused of basically everything that Iraq is, and yet we praise Israel ignore Iran and condemn Iraq. I personally think Saddam is a ruthless leader that doesn't benefit either his people or the world, yet I know that an ideal U.N. wasn't created to rubberstamp invasion plans. I don't know if America has the moral right to impose it's will on Iraq, but since it's so easy to do, I ask myself why not?
It seems as war becomes more one sided, then it seems their are more reasons to employee force since there are fewer consequences, and less reason to try and resolve conflicts through diplomacy. So as war becomes less terrible are we growing more fond of it as a nation? Also if it is less terrible, is it a bad thing that we may be growing too fond of it?
What are your thoughts on this?
It seems to me that American military power can effortlessly destroy the Iraqi government with little battlefield consequences for the US, and the fact that it is so easy is why we are so eager. It's even seductive to me; I mean I think the stated aims are completely bs. As far as I know Israel or Iran could both be accused of basically everything that Iraq is, and yet we praise Israel ignore Iran and condemn Iraq. I personally think Saddam is a ruthless leader that doesn't benefit either his people or the world, yet I know that an ideal U.N. wasn't created to rubberstamp invasion plans. I don't know if America has the moral right to impose it's will on Iraq, but since it's so easy to do, I ask myself why not?
It seems as war becomes more one sided, then it seems their are more reasons to employee force since there are fewer consequences, and less reason to try and resolve conflicts through diplomacy. So as war becomes less terrible are we growing more fond of it as a nation? Also if it is less terrible, is it a bad thing that we may be growing too fond of it?
What are your thoughts on this?
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