WAR, huh, good God-yall, what is it good for?

Those old words from the song "War" by Edwin Star are so true, "absolutely nothing,"
Or is it?
No sane person wants to be in a war, or kill another human being, but, and this is a big but, there are times in order to preserve our own lives and indeed our way of life, or to protect others as a moral imperative we are forced into situations that some feel are untenable. Unfortunately as detestable as it may be, we find ourselves in the very position of having to not only defend ourselves and our way of life but those of which we have been charged as protectors, i.e., those who are oppressed and those that are imprisoned, or those who are forced to live a life of slavery, or in a state of helotry.
Notice the beginning words of “no sane person,” I actually believe that there are in this world those who by clinical definitions may not in fact be insane, but by all accounts, morally or ethically speaking are so bankrupt that anyone who cares to look, would be hard pressed to tell the difference. If some of you think that war must be avoided at all costs, I would say; look to The Holocaust, or for that matter any society that have been so passive as to bring about genocide on a grand scale. If the passive ply their ideals to the point of inhalation, what we have left are the aggressors. Anyone who does not see the difference between a people who defend and protect the downtrodden and stand on the principals of freedom and democracy and those who make war just because others do not adhere to their ideology or theocratic dogma, have a definite problem in the way their thought process works.
I know, sure, you are saying, “The First Amendment,” well that is just fine, and yes we need to have the freedom to speak against injustice as we see it or to have the right to petition the government, however I for one am sick and tired of people bastardizing the first amendment and using it like a club. The founding fathers never intended it for what it has become. It was never meant to be used to hurt others, or to infringe on the rights of others, or be used as a tool to demean, or force others to acquiesce to someone else’s beliefs.
So, is war a necessary evil? At times it is justified. Is war ever something that should be embraced by sane people? Absolutely not.
Remember not only does the first amendment rights of one stop at the tip of another’s nose; it should also extend to human sensitivities and sensibilities. Our citizens that wish to protest, have every right to do so, however they should be reminded to do so with gratitude and humanity in their hearts.