War: Is it worth it?

[Master_of_the_Faster]

Originally Posted by devonin

There's actually a fairly large subsection of historians (I'm one of them) who feel that there was actually no world war I and II, just one longer war that had a negotiated and then violated ceasefire. There were no new "causes" for the second world war because the war never actually ended.

To the OP, conflict is inevitable as long as humans have needs and wants, and a desire to fulfill them. I don't believe that -war- is strictly necessary, but since it has long been such an easy method for the elect to get what they want (since face it, presidents and generals don't go into trenches) that there hasn't been nearly as dedicated a committment to diplomacy and peaceful resolution.

One time, I was in my AP NSL class and this was what happened last year: Many people were answering this one question that read: What position do you think is the most important position that the president has? Almost everyone stated commander in chief, but I later brought up the point that if a president can actually be a good chief negotiator, he doesn't even need to be a good commander in chief (though it's always good just in case) making the chief negotiator position more important.

As far as war goes, I don't like wars that go nowhere or just further seperate the world. I support anything that unifies the world to becoming one peaceful nation without these small nations and divisions. However, I'm not saying that the world should be like super Nazi Germany or something, but a giant, united nation with peace for everyone. Whether peace or war can accomplish this I don't know, but I would hope that it could somehow peacefully happen even though I seriously doubt it.