War has got to be one of the most controversial topics in our world. Does killing people justify anything? Is it moral to take a life? How can one be so sure?
The real answer is one can't. We as humans cannot determine what is morally right or wrong because we simply do not have anything to refer to that deciphers our questions (this could be the Bible to most Americans). We are taught that killing is wrong. However, the death penalty is pretty widely used, am I correct? America has been participants in a dozen wars, killing millions of foreign people (ourselves included).
Because we do not have the answers to what is morally correct, we attempt to justify our actions with the best reasons for them. "War to prevent war" or "killing others so they cannot kill us" have both been used as reasons for going into battle. And honestly, they seem like pretty good ones to me.
As I have said, we don't have all the answers. So we as Americans and people of the world, do what we think is right. I believe that war is necessary if the pursuers honestly believe it will result in the protection of a people or a decrease in violence for the majority of the world. It is not easy, it is not simple, and we do not know if it is morally correct. In my opinion, though, it can be justified as smart.
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