Post 13: Wars with the US

In my opinion, war should be able to be avoided at all costs, in order for the US to obtain their peace with the world. I think that peace with other countries happens to be the most important aspect to maintain because with no peace comes attack. I want to feel safe in my country, but here recently I don't, due to threats of ISIS and other non religious, evil groups. Because of the interference of war between the US, Syria and Iraq, our country has been put into great danger. It seems to be that because of pro-democracy nations, such as the US, other nations have been flipped upside down and their government corrupted because we think that our way of living is what's best for everyone - but it's not. I completely support our war with Afghanistan because their leader, Osama bin Laden, killed 3,000 of our citizens, and for that they deserved a declaration of war. In my opinion, I think the only reason we should ever go to war is if our country and our people are threatened in any way of danger, just like we were by al Qaeda. Only then should we go to war and fight for the justice of our country.

The Art of War was based on the aspects of war and obviously very much supported war of its time period, considering it landed in the hands of many politicians, military leaders and even scholars of the 8th century. As we learned in lecture on Monday, even today's military leaders make their new combats read the Art of War as part of their initiation. Since this is so, it is clear that the Art of War supports the decision of the US wars with Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan because it supports war in general. It informs the leaders of our country and more importantly, our military on how to handle their military conquests and military maneuvers, and has done so all over the world for centuries.

The Bhagavad-Gita supports a more opposite idea when it comes to war. One of its main characters is debating on whether or not he wants to go to war due to the other army consisting of his cousins and people that matter to him. I think it modern day, the US should think like this before we jump into war. For instance, in the war with Iraq, at one point we were working with Iraq and when they went to war with another country, we were supporting Iraq. As leaders of a growing nation, our politicians should think more into their decisions of war before getting ourselves into more danger, like in the Bhagavad-Gita. I am more of a supporter of the Gita than the Art of War, due to its more aggression towards peace than just violence.

https://www.google.com/amp/www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/35806229

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/15214375

http://www.cfr.org/iraq/iraq-justifying-war/p7689