Quote Originally Posted by Gemina View Post
War happens when evil tries to reign
Well, based until this. This isn't quite true. War happens when multiple groups of people have a disagreement that cannot be solved via diplomacy. Generally this is with regards to two or more groups desiring the same resources.

Whether those resources are land, animals, oil, gold, or people just depends on which war we're talking about.

The morally right do not always win war. There's a famous quote by Bertrand Russell that goes,

"War does not determine who is right, only who is left."

Sometimes those with the morally upright position are the aggressors who initiate hostility, while the morally repugnant simply defend themselves or stake their claim.

Sometimes the purpose of a war is even rewritten later by the victors, to make them seem more morally sound so their progeny don't have to feel bad about their ancestors, too.

War itself is often filled with hard choices both in sheer operation as well as on moral levels. Do you invade a country on land with troops so that you can distinguish more often between civilians and combatants, knowing that by taking this morally upstanding path you condemn more good men on your side to die? Or do you engage in less humane bombings that are without discernment, hoping to force a surrender to spare those good men their lives while still taking the lives of others, combatant or not?

In the end, our society has tried to wage wars it has been in, in a humane fashion. However, there is ultimately no way to truly succeed in doing that, because war by its very nature is inhumane.

Of course, if you do look into history enough, you find many an instance where lady leaders start wars and are actually some of the more willing war practitioners in all of history. Catherine the Great comes to mind most readily with the Russo-Turkish War. Not too mention overthrowing her own husband to take the crown.

But yes, it's still true that men fight war, and are responsible for holding up society.