War! What is it Good For? (or Absolutely Nothing!)

Well here we are, again. Me putting off writing a new entry, and all of you, my masses of adoring fans, begging, sacrificing lambs to the thought that I may one day grace you all with a new writing. Well, that's a little extreme fans, but I'll roll with it.

I've been indulging in quite a bit of Team Fortress 2 recently, and that got me thinking about the wars that power such games, and ultimately war in general.

The country that I and most of my readers live it is, at best, a little trigger-happy, and at worst, devil-lovers who look for any excuse to kill anyone not believing what they believe. The type of cavalier attitude exhibited towards war can be reflected by the general public's answer to this question: how many countries are we in by force at the moment?

Yeah. Did you know we are in Yemen?

I used to be all for war, when I was like eight. The concept seemed cool to me, fighting for your country and to enforce freedom. Of course, no one died in these visions. They all just dodged bullets and the other side gave up when they saw we were right.

War now just seems barbaric to me. In a time when we can communicate over vast differences, no language barriers due to technology, and a way to tell everyone what you want, I don't understand why anyone would resort to stabbing.

And for another thing, war is no longer cool. Not that it ever was, but if I was to battle in any war, it wouldn't be this sneaky assassination type things we engage in now. I'd go for the Medieval sword-and-shield charge. It's more honorable.

I see people encourage war all the time nowadays, and to them I have one question: would you do it? Would you risk and potentially lose your life to invade a country that didn't ask nor want our intervention? I wouldn't. I don't know if I could kill someone for a valiant cause.

Now, this is rather idealistic (LIKE THE TITLE OF THE BLOG, OH MY GOSH) of me, as there are extenuating circumstances like dictators, people with a distinct lack of sanity, and genocide.

I'm not against war, per se. If violence is the only way to save innocent people, then it has to be what it has to be. But I am most certainly against the wars the United States are mostly involved in now.

And for the record, it wouldn't be considered a failure if we drew out of countries we shouldn't have entered in the first place: it's called not being a dick.

Thanks for reading and considering,
-J. Valett