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Kasz216 on 03 August 2010
bazmeistergen said:

I don't believe there is such a thing as an ethical war. They are made up to massage public opinion. There's always much more going on.


Why not?  You can't think of anyone who would want to start a war for ethical reasons.  Weren't there people who wanted to go to war in Sudan?

What if Bush was one of those people for example, and convinced himself it was an ethical war?

Afterall Iraq had no benefit to the US... and there really was no way anyone could see a benefit.

Hell Oil is less stable a commodity now then it was when Saddam ruled.  When Saddam ruled we could of got much more oil.



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Rath on 03 August 2010
Kasz216 said:
Rath said:
Kasz216 said:
Rath said:
 


Ethical wars were rare, however religious and ethnic wars were not.


There wasn't one religious war that wouldn't of happened without relgion. 

As for ethnic wars... one could consider those wars of two groups over one set of resources.

Both kinds of wars are for power. Political domination, not physical resources.

Religion and ethnicity are merely ways that groups are joined together and then groups try and dominate others.


Isn't power the means with which to control resources?   By controlling more people and more land you control more resources.


It's like saying that everybody works to buy stuff... and the counter arguement being that some people work just for money.

Power (as I meant it) isn't always people and land. It's not even always military might. It's the ability to influence others. Hence the pope, despite having little people, land or might, is rather powerful.