Originally Posted by Pharmseller
Originally Posted by JoeBob
Originally Posted by Idaho_Shooter
I find it interesting that:

It was moral and right to declare war on every Indian Nation North of the Rio Grande so that we might include those territories into the Union.

It was moral and right to go to war with Mexico so that we could claim California, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado.

It was moral and right to go to war with Spain and take possession of the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico.

But it was immoral to go to war and reclaim those states which had seceded?

Did I get that straight?


All were immoral to varying degrees. Armed conflict is pretty much always immoral and wrong unless you are fighting a defensive war.


Every war is a defensive war, depending on the point of view.




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Absolutely, true and almost always so from the point of view of those being attacked.

Last edited by JoeBob; 02/12/24.