An interesting thread about war and those who want it

to win.

 

The purpose not the outcome.

 

The purpose for the US is pretty well spelled out in Confessions of an Economic Hit Man"by Perkins.Don't expect warmongers to read it.

 

WTF?

 

What is the purpose of war?

To the Bush people, it's simply a means of taking money from the public's treasury and placing it into their own pockets and into the pockets of their donors.

 

the purpose is to win.

it makes no sense if you asked "what is the outcome of war?"


the purpose is to defeat your enemy.

 

You'd be willing to take orders to do something, even tho' at the moment you don't do it of your own free will?

Seems a bit fucking odd to me

 

the draft is the price of living in a free society. Do you believe no one should ever have a draft? And what if a country is attacked and only a draft could help defend a country. You still wouldn't think a draft is necessary?

 

well then, i can assume that you feel your country is already under attack. join up now before things get worse, help your country it needs your help now on the battlefield. ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country. don't wait for the draft go to iraq.

 

i kinda like the idea of the future they had in that stupid sci fi movie starship troopers. only way to vote is through service to your country. no rights to vote untill service rendered. then you wouldnt need the draft. but untill then i think a draft would be a good thing. at least when the gang members got out of their tour of duty and whent back to gangwarfare they would be able to hit their target instead of the wrong people.and if the goverment made no exceptions for service such as rich kids getting out of duty then all the better to help end class wars. just figure after highschool or 18 years of age you have a 2 year tour of duty.then go to college. the great equlizer.

 

hmmmmm.... i "like" your philosophy megara
the purpose of war is to win - straight from the mouth of sun tzu himself
this thinking is somewhat flawed though.
war is waged to gain something - this ideology is discussed at much length in the "art of war".
war is not is not a purpose per se but there is a purpose for waging it, ideally if you are waging it you want to win. like most things though victories are not clear cut,even the great alexander is reputed to have died not from a sword but a cup of poison, he was a one trick pony, a very good general but rudderless when victory was given to him. the gerousian desrt, the murder of aristotles nephew (i think) and other incidents. in the end he had pissed off so many people that it was not a matter if he would be bumped off but when. so where was his victory then? the commander in chief of the american armed services has the luxury of sitting back at the ranch whilst others are copping a leg full of sharapnel.