World peace: a common notion amongst Miss America's of every kind. And yes, it might be nice if everyone could just get along and have a picnic, but that is impractical.
When you think about 9/11, the most common emotion that one would feel is sorrow. But I'd be willing to bet that the feeling immediately following that one would be rage. Rage at the terrorists who dared to threaten this country and think we wouldn't fight back. What do these people who oppose war expect us to do, invite the enemy to a tea party while they continue to threaten us? And doesn't revenge just feel sweet? How can we deny this country it's revenge on the cowardly terrorists who tried to put us down eleven years ago? Who would ignore that?
In some cases, like Al Qaeda and the Taliban, war is the only way to get through to these people. We've tried to negotiate with these countries in the Middle East about terrorists, but that never turns out quite the way we had hoped or expected. And so we inevitably turn to war, which seems to be the most effective tactic in getting the point across. And this fighting isn't just something useless that we do to put up a facade of progress. Let's take a look at all the accomplishments war has achieved: America's liberation from the oppressive British crown, the defeat of Hitler, Mussolini, the abolition of slavery in America, the defeat of Voldemort. I'd say that's a pretty good list in favor of war.
These acts of violence are human kind reverting back to their base instincts of fighting to solve their problems. It's what humans have done since the beginning of time, and look where we are now. Still managing to survive. Thriving even. Maybe the more we evolve, the farther we will move away from this instinct, and the closer we will head towards a more diplomatic way of solving our problems, but as of now, human instinct just won't allow for that. But I think we'll be alright until then.
So, what is it good for? A lot.
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