Assignment 9

Like most people, I grew up being strongly against war. I thought this because of the obvious; war has killed countless individuals. However as I grew older I realized that war can be very necessary. Originally I thought that a war would put the country further in debt and hurt the economy because of the increase in spending on weapons, however I have learned that a war actually improves the economy, and has pulled many countries out of recessions/depressions at times. There have also been times in which the lives that were sacrificed in war have been for the greater good, in WW2 if America didn't step in Germany could have taken Europe and Japan would have dominated the pacific. However, although wars can be a strong economic stimulus, and prevent very negative situations, I still think they should only be a last minute resort, something we shouldn't do unless we absolutely have to.