H. Dawary
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From the past to the present and ahead into the future, wars have been waged and fought for, wars are being waged and fought for, and wars will be waged and fought for. The question now is... for whom and for what?
With the advent of Nuclear weapons, the irrational part of humanity has been put in check... for now. This is not to say that a Nuclear war is not within the scope of possibility, in fact Herman Kahn in his book "On Thermonuclear War" illustrated that Nuclear wars are in fact win-able; This is not to say that this is the desired scenario, but the possibility remained open.
Heraclitus had famously declared that "all is motion". Meaning that we are moving into varying directions no -matter- what, we do not remain stationary, and with constant motion comes constant change.
Power struggles are an inevitability, as Hans Morgenthau states "Nations pursue their interest in the form of power" (Poltics among nations the struggle for power and peace. pg 12-14), in the international arena, all nation states are pursuing this goal one way or another, as more power means fulfilling one's interest, which is the goal of nation states, and thus it is in the interest of nation states to acquire more power in order to fulfill their desired outcome.
Ideologue as a weapon... Niccolo Machiavelli in The Prince stated... “when they depend upon their own resources and can employ force, they seldom fail. Hence it comes that all armed Prophets have been victorious, and all unarmed Prophets have been destroyed.” This quote of his has a twofold meaning, the first being that a prophet such as Moses had an army and succeced whereas a prophet such as Jesus had no army and failed. Another meaning behind this is having an ---Ideologue--- to rally the masses to ones cause, and as he says "all armed Prophets have been victorious, and all unarmed Prophets have been destroyed.” As without a cause, there is no reason to fight a war.
If war is apart of human nature, and if humanity is constantly moving into motion, and power is what we seek to attain our interest. Then my question to all of you is... Will ideology be used as a weapon in upcoming future wars?
Currently if we examine our current times and the past, are there not some nations that are employing this (Iran-Hezbollah, Houthi, Liway Fatimiyoun, Liwa Zanibiyoun)... (Afghanistan/Pakistan-Taliban)... (ISIS) or were there not nations that employed it (North Korea, Vietnam/Vietcong... Communism).
Critcisms... Remarks... Comments... All will be appreciated to hear different opinons.
With the advent of Nuclear weapons, the irrational part of humanity has been put in check... for now. This is not to say that a Nuclear war is not within the scope of possibility, in fact Herman Kahn in his book "On Thermonuclear War" illustrated that Nuclear wars are in fact win-able; This is not to say that this is the desired scenario, but the possibility remained open.
Heraclitus had famously declared that "all is motion". Meaning that we are moving into varying directions no -matter- what, we do not remain stationary, and with constant motion comes constant change.
Power struggles are an inevitability, as Hans Morgenthau states "Nations pursue their interest in the form of power" (Poltics among nations the struggle for power and peace. pg 12-14), in the international arena, all nation states are pursuing this goal one way or another, as more power means fulfilling one's interest, which is the goal of nation states, and thus it is in the interest of nation states to acquire more power in order to fulfill their desired outcome.
Ideologue as a weapon... Niccolo Machiavelli in The Prince stated... “when they depend upon their own resources and can employ force, they seldom fail. Hence it comes that all armed Prophets have been victorious, and all unarmed Prophets have been destroyed.” This quote of his has a twofold meaning, the first being that a prophet such as Moses had an army and succeced whereas a prophet such as Jesus had no army and failed. Another meaning behind this is having an ---Ideologue--- to rally the masses to ones cause, and as he says "all armed Prophets have been victorious, and all unarmed Prophets have been destroyed.” As without a cause, there is no reason to fight a war.
If war is apart of human nature, and if humanity is constantly moving into motion, and power is what we seek to attain our interest. Then my question to all of you is... Will ideology be used as a weapon in upcoming future wars?
Currently if we examine our current times and the past, are there not some nations that are employing this (Iran-Hezbollah, Houthi, Liway Fatimiyoun, Liwa Zanibiyoun)... (Afghanistan/Pakistan-Taliban)... (ISIS) or were there not nations that employed it (North Korea, Vietnam/Vietcong... Communism).
Critcisms... Remarks... Comments... All will be appreciated to hear different opinons.