The chaos in the world today is about power. Religion, like the media and indoctrination etc, is merely a tool. A weapon to be used whenever convenient. Religion is attractive because people are emotional about it - which stems from its very nature i.e. based on blind belief (aka faith).
Emotion, my friends, makes people weak.
No war is fought to achieve peace - surely, that's illogical and any philosopher would tell you that logic is key to problem-solving. War is fought for power and influence, for tangible gains.
The purported reason for war can be anything - the word "terrorism" is just the latest most common pretext. Wars are fought because people choose to wage them . . . because they think it’s worth it ... worth the gains they'll get from it and because throughout history, human life has never been sacred - lives are always wasted because we know that we're continually creating new ones.
Humanity is simply . . . uncivilised. We never left bestiality!
Are you suggesting that countries should never go to war?
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Gege, I think you'll find that I suggested no such thing..in fact i made no assertions as to the rights and wrongs of war...i sought merely to articulate my understanding of the rationale for war.
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as per your question...well, if your country is invaded, then that can hardly be termed as "going to war"... and of course you must defend it - because it is instinctive to do so and also because its the ultimate disrespect to nationhood.
But . . .
let's take your question a step back - if countries never go to war, then no country would be invaded, and as such, the need to defend it does not arise!