We have an army ready at all times to make war.
We have a diplomatic corps ready at all times to make peace.

Why are they so very disproportionate? Why do we not put as much effort, money, thought, and training into making peace as we do into war?

I really want to know. No one ever suggests that we put even 10% of the effort into peace as we do into war...

WHY????????IS IT ALWAYS THE ARMY SORRY ANAOASIS EVERY TIME I TURN AROUND ITS THE ARMY THE ARMY WE HAVE SO MANY OTHER BRANCHS,ITS ALWAYS THE ARMY , HOW ABOUT THE REST OF US LIKE ME USMC :

The monetary return on war appears to be greater, unfortunately.....

Okay Eagle, good point - damn jarheads!!!!!

WHY R U CALLING DAM JAR HEADS

GOOD NIGHT ONCE A ASS AWAYS A ASS

Hey Wench!

Unfortunately, I think you have cut right to the heart of the problem... money... I always forget about money.

But I forget how profitable killing can be...

Good night eagle. Sleep well. Try to dream of peace.

It's simple economics, anoasis.

War is profitable.

Oh, and don't forget the Navy.

Differentkindofwench hit the nail on the head. There's more money in war than in peace. Many people remain convinced that the American Civil War was all about slaverly. Partially right, but it was really more about money than slaverly, just as slaverly was primarily an economic issue. The wealthy want to get weathier no matter who hit harms, and that includes the brave young Americans who continue to fight and die every day. It's all pretty disgusting.

if the civil war was about slavery why did it take so long for the emancipation proclamation to be made

the war was not about freeing slave

freeing slaves was about the war

hahahaha!!!!
the civil war wasnt about slaves!!

it was all about money!!
to many differant currencies running around.
That why we have one bank now!!!
the federal reserve!!!!!
all through history weve been lied to!!
dont let all the other bullsh!t get in the way.

I was not aware that our armies, navies, marine, or air force was trained to START war. I thought they were trained to defend our country? Then of course there is this guy "Bush"...he may have changed that just a smidgen.

Jar heads...if I could reach you I would slap a knot on your head darlin. All my boys are in the Army. BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT THEY WANTED.

Anyway, I have heard that it is about money also, but, if it is...then why is the price of this war in the billions? And it is not over. Seems to me we are going broke on this one. Unless of course they are printing more money as we speak.
Kat

there is no money in peace. unfortunately, money is what makes our culture tick. we are capitalist, and therefore a peaceful and free world would not be to our advantage. Could you imagine the consequences of letting the rest of the world have the same rights as we do? The results could be dier.

Kat;

The only time our country went to war to defend itself was against Japan, and in Afganistan. We were not attacked by the English in the revolution - the Vietnamese, the Germans or thew Koreans - yet we went to war with all of them.

for the simple fact that war brings more profit to some people than peace.

Semper Fi Eagle.....

War is for population control...

Survival of the fittest.

TLW said the key words: "some people".

War can stimulate an economy, it can also drain an economy. War can expand your economy's access to resources, it can also waste your resources.

I suspect that on the whole, being at peace is far better for a nations financial well being -- though war might profit "some people".

Wars have also, at times, been declared purely for reasons of manipulating the domestic political scene.

90% of the Jews in Poland died because Great Britain put so much effort into making peace. The simple fact is that sometimes, only one side wants peace. In those cases, we need an army that is willing to go to war. It takes far more people and training to make a military than it does to make a diplomatic corps, so we spend more time, money and effort on the military.

Why does the general population usually go along with it though. War is always hard on the masses and yet whenever a war is first declared it seems like the majority is just fine with that... it's only after many losses and the return of damaged sons and daughters, or the death of same, that people start to question, complain, protest.

At the start of the Iraq war the majority of people said that they supported the war. I never felt that the reasons for waging this war were honest, clear or accurate. And this war wasn't going to financially profit *most* people. So how do people tell themselves that *this* war will be an exception, *this* war will be worth the price?

I guess I'm just an idiot on this subject, I will probably never understand it.