(October 14, 2012 at 9:34 pm)jonb Wrote:(October 14, 2012 at 9:02 pm)Darkstar Wrote: but they wouldn't fight a war for the sake of having a war. No sane nation would, even if they knew the people would not oppose it.
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There are often excuses for wars. Seldom is the reason given because we wanted to flex our muscles however that might be the case.
Maybe even for the simple sake of acquiring land, whether justified or not. But...maybe I have too much faith in humanity (not that I had that much faith in them before). All I mean to say is that the levels of violence worldwide have decreased consistenly as time went on. It only seems like it is more violent nowadays because the media sensationalizes everthing. I'm not saying there sin't violence in the world (especially the middle east).
John Adams Wrote:The Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion.