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I also agree that there are better ways than war something could be settled even if many countries won't cooperate @Maria

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Dear Sophia Stephens, I see what you're saying how things go wrong when it comes to wars, but if we found another way to settle things besides war, something would probably go wrong there, and that would probably lead to war, so maybe the only option here may be war. I understand what you're saying, but it would probably just end in war, therefore it must probably happen one way or another.

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Mrs. H, some different ways to settle conflicts is to sign a peace treaty

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Like with so many issues in our world, it is easy to disagree with them, but do we have a solution?

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Samantha, I can agree with you because pain and violence are not always the answers.  If we tried to talk it out we might be able to succed.

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Maria, I agree that we should try to settle our differences in a different way than crime and violence

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Maria, What if one country is only trying to defend its self?

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Dear Samantha Blaasch, I understand your approach about talking about our issues with other countries, but when it comes to stubborn or countries of terrorism such as Russia or Syria, there really is no talking to other people about our issues with war. Like you said with North Korea, there may not be an option whether there is war or not.

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I do agree that terrorism should not be tolerated @Tru

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All, I notice many of you are saying that the world should find other ways to settle conflict. What are some other ways?

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Samantha, I think we should talk with other countries about the issues we have with them and try to settle them out. I think North Korea should stop threatening us and we should have the right to defend ourselves.

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Gretchen, Yes it is true that what you should go into war for should be very necessary

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Samantha, I do agree that we should all talk about our differences before we go to war. You have a good point, but I still think we should do something else.

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I have a really, really long opinion on this, so I will just sum it up. I absolutely think that war may be necessary. Terrorists can not be tolerated, we can not just let them do whatever they want. You cannot change the way a terrorist thinks, whatever you may think. Therefore, war is definitely a necessary thing when it comes to terrorists, even if a larger country thinks the whole thing is an act of aggression.

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Sophia, a agree with you that many people get injured during/killed during war...especially innocent people

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Maria, I like how you said about war in know we shouldn't have wars at all. I don't understand either why people go to war. I do think we should just find another way to settle our differences.

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I think war is never necessary. Many wars in the past have caused inisant people to get caught in the cross fire. I don't know why people in the past have always resorted to war. Why can't we be more civilized and comunicate with one another. You watch little kids deal with their problems by playing a game of rock paper scissors, but adults instead decide to attack people and kill inisant people because they are ruled by someone that we don't agree with. I understand in the past war was a way to claim land, but why couldn't they just talk to each other and make a deal. For Example: You get this land to yourselves as long as you give us an endless supply of wheat. In todays world we could comunicate by saying we are going to have an athletic coompetetion. All the best athletes from one country against all the great athletes from the other country. The country that wins can have what they want. I don't understand why one country has to be bigger and better than the other. Can't we all just be equal. Don't be land greedy!!!

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Sophia, I agree with you. Bad things happen and lots of things go wrong. Yes, we should definitely find another way to settle our problems.

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There are many reasons people go to war, and i think that all countries should try to talk about their issues with each other before deciding to start a war. But sometimes war is necessary, for example North Korea is threatening us and other countries, so we may have no choice but to go to war in order to defend ourselves.

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I don't think war is necessary because we just have things go wrong when having wars. I think people should find another way to settle one another problems and just try to resolve them.

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I do not think that war is necessary because many innocent people lose their lives because of it resulting in many people not being able to live out their full life, and many other people that were family or friends would also be hurt very badly emotionally for a very long time. It also can be very bad for the environment. Bombs can destroy an entire ecosystem especially if it is bomb testing which many countries do. Even though war should not be a thing, it is and will be for a long time because many humans are just hungry for power and don't care what they have to do to be in power.

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I have never really understood why people go to war. I do not think it is necessary at all. I think our world should find a better way to settle their differences and get things done. Maria Coleman

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I believe that war can be necessary.  If two countries want the same land or same resources they could go into war if the land or resources are worth fighting for.  If two countries are wanting to fight for something that isn't worth fighting for, then those countries do not need to go into war.  So war can be necessary if the thing that people are fighting for is worth fighting for.

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Aidan, I think you bring up a good point about the hunger for power being a big cause of war.

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Is war necessary? Answer this question and comment on at least two other classmates' posts. Be respectful, even if you disagree. Give reasons for your opinion.