1. I do believe, personally, that war should be avoided at all costs. My heart just feels that way. Logically, though, I believe that diplomatic answers should at least be sought before running off into battle... at least try to solve the problems like human beings, and then if all else fails... to war. Though I cant think of a situation where war is truly truly needed. And I'm sure everyone will point out all these terrible things to prove me wrong... but war just disgusts me. I live everyday with what war does to you.

2. On talking to my dad, a veteran of Vietnam, I can tell you that it's a bit of a duality. For example, there's a lot of reasons a veteran would want to return to battle. Spending so much time fighting, it soon becomes the only thing that makes sense to you. It's home. When you return to normalcy, you feel out of place and lost... not to mention paranoid as all hell. Then there's the high you can only feel in battle... the adrenline rush that pushes so many veterans of Nam (I dunno if any other war has caused this particular reaction) to seek to recreate that high with drugs (not to mention their addiction to the speed the Army handed out to keep the guys awake, that's a whole different story). Then again, I believe my dad would be hesitant to run off to war again, perhaps because it's been too long. He doesnt believe in this war in Iraq right now, I can tell you that. But it is hard to get a serious answer out of the man.

I'd reckon that a bigger deterent to governments sending boys off to die would be if it was their kids going off. Or if they themselves had to fight in whatever they started. Of course that one wouldnt work very well, though.

3. If a country is invading your own home, I would say war is justified them. Like the situation in WWII. Both Japan and Germany were invading and doing horrific things to people, and fighting back is only logical. Another thing I think war would be okay with is a situation like what was happening in the Nazi Death Camps. Say a country knew something like that was happening, then going to war to save them would be alright.

Sending boys to die to fill political agends is not okay.