Ethics of War part I

Humans are addicted to war, but why? Why do we seek out the destruction of our own species? Why do we as humans sometimes feel the impulse to destroy what is different, what we don't understand, and what is so foreign from our own beliefs? Why is our society so blood thirsty? War is glorified in our music, movies, and video games, yet we are taught about how terrible war is? And perhaps the most distressing question is why do we use religion as the biggest excuse to incite a war? Is it right to involve God in the murder of innocent Muslims? Or to tie the all mighty Allah to the killing of the "Christian infidels"? War has been around since the dawn of time. If you're an Evolutionist, it started with monkeys using weapons as archaic as bones and if you believe in a Christian God it started with Cain and Able. Its seems to be a part of us. Shouldn't we embrace it? Some say it is evil. But why is it so necessary to kill evil? Isn't evil just a point of view? And isn't good also just point of view? I'm not saying that war is good nor am I saying it is evil. The concept of Justice seems to be the perspective of history's winners. Their sense of justice has prevailed through war and the senseless slaughter of civilians in the cross fire.

War has shown that even evil is necessary to do a little good, you know the ends justifies the means philosophy. Sometimes civilians dying in the cross fire is what is necessary for people to push harder to win the war, in order for all the atrocities of war to come to an end. The brutal visuals of civilian deaths will move the conscience of the so called "just". The thirst for battle will soon be lost and the war will be brought to an end. Isn't this what happened in Vietnam?

Countries try to use war to solve most of their problems. This is especially true when a country is facing tough times. A distraction is needed when things like the economy, health care and and education start to fail. Then people start to get angry. At this point the easiest thing to do is blame some one else for all their problems. The media can then be used to focus that same anger and that same outrage on hating a designated group chosen by the governing party. That anger can be focused on Muslims by Christian nations and inversely the same type of propaganda can be focused on Christians in Muslim countries. Once the propaganda has succeeded in its goal and the countries are at a critical mass, one small event can start a war, just like a small spark in a room full of gasoline. It just takes a small infraction or attack by either side. The attack or infraction doesn't even have to be real. It must simply be perceived. Each side will use their propaganda machines to pump lies that will cause the other side to appear sick and twisted. Then it will be what any religious man would call," a just war." Right and wrong is only decided after the war is over and "justified". The winning nation is right. The losing nation is wrong. No matter how you look at it, war is the only debate that can bring about permanent change in the minds of the people. The winning argument will undoubtedly echo throughout history. So why are we addicted to war? Maybe we're addicted to war because we need to be right. And what about evil? Maybe evil is who the machine tells us is our enemy.