Most people don't want to go to war. War is messy, devastating and expensive. War exists due to built up tensions between feuding nations, and eventually an event will happen that pushes the envelope too far. this is known as "the flashpoint". This event is what shifts the public's opinion and justifies the regime to respond with violence against the group responsible for their actions. Flashpoints change global perspectives. Neo-conservatives argue that the "enemy is out there, and as the global hegemon, it is our duty to identify them and surpress any other violent acts that may ensue". This means foreign wars, NEVER in our homeland, preemptive actions before attacks ensue, especially on American soil and war is inevitable....unless we, the hegemon, do something first. American are not one to "react", we carefully calculate our actions with force, scare tactics and out smarting the enemy before they even have time to blink.
The typical, and realistic side of war is that it encourages violence, which produces mass amounts of deaths on both fighting sides. However, not all is bad in times of war. Many believe that war stimulates the economy, builds national pride, decreases over population, gaining of territory or ending oppression in dictatorial states.
It is much easier to make a con's list of coarse. this includes but is not limited to: seperation of loved ones, death, destabalizing a country, destruction of cities/farms/property/etc, economic struggle, genocide, cultural cleansing, colonization, terrorism, expensive, nuclear weapons, disease, etc. The list can go on and on.
I believe, as much as I hate to say this, that war is not only inevitable but a way for a nation state to gain or regain independence, democracy and or over throw its government. NO ONE likes death (unless your a sick F***) but it is apart of every day life, as sad and tragic as that is.
Now something that was mentioned in class that caught my attention was the picture that the group "Annonymous" posted of Kim Jung Un that went viral in North Korea. Oh man, where do I start? First off....WTF. Yes...we get it. Its funny...but that was insanely inappropriate and childish. As an American, I truly felt embarrassed looking at that picture. Why are we poking at a country that already hates us and is clearly insane/starving/helpless? WHY?! This group "Annonymous" is acting like an American bully who sits behind a computer gorging on sticky buns and redbulls (who probably has never even traveled outside the U.S.), toying around with pictures all day long, with nothing better to do, instead of working, while I am working and probably paying taxes out the butt so they can sit there on the computer all day and fool around. must be nice....assholes. Don't you have anything better to do? I mean seriously. Damn liberals are always complaining how we should be "helping the weak, feeding the needy, medicare and food stamps for everyone, etc", well then how about actually helping the most poverish, oppressed and starving nation in the world?!?! Your poking fun at a "Oh grande, amazing, superb, chosen one, elite, awesome leader" and a small group of elites, while the rest of the country is extremely oppressed and people are dying every second.
I just think it was incredibly in appropriate and alarming that American citizens would go so far as to make a ridiculous photo like that. Shame on you, who ever you are. What message were you trying to send? Because all you did was light a fire under Un's ass to act upon terrorizing the U.S. (well...I mean I don't know if he will get very far, his attempts have been pathetic thus far...but still).
YOU DON'T TOY WITH A TODDLER WHO JUST GOT A SHINY NEW GUN.
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