Friday, October 2, 2009
Changes In War
War has definitely changed since with early 1900's. Now, most people don't even realize that there is a war going on in Afghanistan. This is because the government doesn't ask us to buy liberty bonds or to not eat certain foods. The way people fight war is now more technologically advanced than World War 1 times. People fight with million and trillion dollar machine equipment so I think that taxing the people for this now would seem that it wouldn't really get the american people anywhere but into debt. Since war is more expensive nowadays, the people have had to come up with new, more efficient ways to get more money from the people without damaging the economy more than it is now.
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World War II was pretty darn expensive! I'm not sure that the expense of the war is the critical question as much as it is the attitude of the govt. toward the involvement of citizens. As we engage in these monumental wars over the course of the 2oth century, the role of the citizen, and the govt. for that matter, will change. Keep track of that on your timeline! The big issue is going to be the draft and whether or not we should man our military through the draft or the way we do now through an all volunteer army. Vietnam is going to make the difference. Keep that in mind for the future. Do you think that Americans would respond today to being challenged to participate more? Do you think it would make a difference in terms of their attitudes toward the war in Afghanistan?
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