Final Essay #2

As a country we have had our shares of ups and downs. Most of these "ups and downs" are "solved" with war. It seems that in every country that you go to the solution to a problem is war. If someone disagrees with some other countries government then there must be war to try and change one or the others government. But as some have learned, war is not the answer. In the French and Indian war, there could have been a settlement between the two. Also in King Phillip's War, the bloodiest war of them all, there could have been a more peaceful solution. Most of the wars that take place are unnecessary. There could have been a better answer to a problem but some leaders are too lazy to take the time to figure it out.
Here are a list of wars that have taken place; King Phillip's War, French and Indian War also known as the Seven Years War, Pontiac's Rebellion and the American Revolution. All these battles could have been prevented but no one took the time to analyze the situation and really think about different solutions. These wars are all examples of where human greed and nationalism took over. People love their country and that is great. But no one needs to go to war with another just to determine who is the better. It is like the saying "anything you can do I can do better." This saying is a perfect example of the thinking that some people have. If one country or group of people do something then another group must try to outdo the other. This mentality is not a good way of thinking and causes may problems.
The War in Iraq is definetly a war of human greed and trying to play hero. On 9/11 terrorists attack us and it did break us down. But there could have been a different solution. We have now been across for 5 years and there could have been a different solution for all the fightint. We have killed innocent people that have had nothing to do with the problem that occured. There could have been a different solution. We could have come to a settlement. We caught Saddam Hussein and that was good. But we could have found another way to find him instead of blowing up buildings that we have to rebuild and killing people who are innocent. So basically I think that there is always a different solution to any problem than war.