Thursday, October 27, 2011
Wage War
It has been said that those who have seen war are less likely to wage it. This would make sense. Seeing the horrors of war and the power and destruction it can wield would scare anyone away in my opinion. This makes sense when we consider the Bush administration when Dick Cheney was one of the only members of the cabinet who wasn't in support of going to war. Now a question I pose is if someone who had gone to war before and then ended up supporting a different war after the affect, what does this say about their character?
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I can't recall a war that Cheney was against -- though he did go to some lengths to avoid a trip to Vietnam. Are you thinking of Colin Powell?
ReplyDeleteWar sometimes brings out the worst in people, and commanders often rely heavily on the handful of psychopaths who inevitably turn up for duty. Such people can do things most people find abhorrent, and go on doing them as necessary. So yes, we might well wonder about someone who has experienced war firsthand and is still enthusiastic about the activity.