What is it good for? Hans Stromberg

War is always a touchy subject. No one really wants to answer because either way about half the people in the world are going to hate you. If I were to guess, most people think it is morally okay to go to war, but they would never go out and say that. In all reality most people and I have no authority to call that shot, we have never been in a country at a time of war, let alone fought for our country in a war. We have no idea what the soldiers and their families go through so that is really not our call to make. However, if I was forced to give an answer I would say that there is a time for war and with proper justifications, it is also morally right to go to war. Some people that the world should be happy and everyone should love each other, and world peace will eventually happen, but that's just a bunch of baloney. It's human nature to fight for what you believe in, even if it means going up in arms. If your country is attacked, you fight back; you don't try to make peace because that will never work. The people who attacked you aren't going to magically say, "Wait, you are right, we should just make peace." Instead they are going to keep on attacking you, so the only logical answer is to fight back. I am not just saying that the only time for war is when you are attacked, but there is also a time for war when one's country feels threatened. For instance, if a country says they are going to drop a nuclear bomb on your country, you don't wait for them to do that, you go to war to prevent that from happening. Self-defense is a very proper moral justification for going to war. To continue on with my example, there is no other option besides going to war that makes any logical sense. There is no in between, no alternatives, just countries at war or not at war.