Assignment 9 Hannah Pauley

To say there is "never" a time for war couldn't be appropriate. What about WW2? Should we all have just taken a chill pill? Surely there is a well-known stereotyped hatred of the Jews by Christians, but would the Mennonites really sit idly by if it were happening now? Would that be moral? I think not.
War in recent years seems to boil down to a shaky question-- is it our business, our job as a successful democratic country, to defend the people elsewhere against what we see as dangerous or unfit? I think to say yes is a noble thought, but it's hard to judge whether this is effective or ethical in the long run.War is costly; it taxes our budgets, our hearts, and our minds, and I believe it should only happen when absolutely necessary.
It is not a country's responsibility to worry about other countries while in the midst of its own problems, but  it is our responsibility as humans to care about other humans, to negotiate with our best efforts, and to fight against cruelty (not Communism, or any other "ism") and oppression when help is wanted and needed. We would be wise to remember that not all "fighting" has to be done with guns, or has to result in someone's death.