Top 10 Wars That Never Should Have Happened
Whoever invented war (before the world wars), they shouldn't have been born.
War is just barbaric and is equivalent to serial killing.
Peace, not murder.
It started everything in the modern age. The Great Depression, World War 2, the Holocaust, nukes, the Cold War, Korea, Vietnam, terrorism, the Yugoslav Wars, instability in the Middle East, and the fall of the Soviet Union.
It was a very dark time indeed...
President Bush believed Iraq was hiding WMDs and was affiliated with, as Bush called them, "Al-Qaeder." So he sent troops to take down Saddam's horrible regime, which also destroyed stability in Iraq. Most of Saddam's military and supporters ended up joining jihadist groups like al-Qaeda and later, ISIS.
No WMDs were discovered (unless you mean oil), and Iraq is in worse shape than it was before.
The war no one liked. It was pointless. People thought it was horrible, as both the Soviets and Americans used gases like Agent Orange on the Vietnamese. It worsened relations between the two superpowers as well.
Now, Vietnam is a poor country. All the Vietnam War veterans came back with no celebration and had a hard time finding jobs, leaving many homeless.
My parents are from Laos, and they had to immigrate because of the bombings that took place. Then again, my sister and I wouldn't be living in America if my parents hadn't left. Still, my relatives in Laos are suffering due to the low standard of living and poverty.
World War 1 was bad, I admit. But what major atrocities happened during that war? Nothing really catastrophic. During World War 2, we had the Holocaust and the horrific treatment of the Jews. Not only that, but we also had the nuking of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. We had the Blitz, the Battle of the Somme, and the aftermath, which led to the Cold War.
Even the person who invented the nuclear bomb dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki said it was the biggest mistake he ever made and that he wishes he could go back in time and stop it from happening. The aftermath is still present in today's society, with Japanese children having odd qualities, and the millions of people who would have been born had the disastrous number of deaths been prevented.
World War 1 actually had a reason to begin, yet World War 2 was all for Germany wanting Poland's land.
This war evolved from what started as a protest to a four-sided war! Dictator Assad led the regime, gassing rebels and Kurds. The rebels tried to overthrow Assad's regime to likely bring in another dictator. Kurdistan wanted a country of their own while fighting ISIS.
Meanwhile, ISIS made things worse by bringing jihad, instability, terrorism, and more gassing to Syria.
It was bad how the British were impressing U.S. sailors into their navy, but America was not ready for a war. They invaded Canada but failed, and the British attacked Washington, burning down the White House. However, it did give us our national anthem.
The U.S. didn't even want to fight this one but was dragged into the war because of the UN. They tried to stop the Communists, only to have China get angry and fight the UN, leading to a stalemate. Now, it has caused North Korea to constantly threaten us and pursue nuclear weapons.
The Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan and fought against U.S.-backed Mujahideen, who eventually won. However, the country soon devolved into the Taliban, a jihadist group known for oppressive laws and its ties to Al-Qaeda. This invasion was one of the factors contributing to the instability in the Middle East today.
As much as I hate to say this, I would have preferred to let Afghanistan become a communist country rather than one ravaged by terrorism.
This sparked a massive collapse of what was once a promising nation.
A war about religion, just like every other war! Except this one was over different sects of Christianity. Martin Luther created Protestantism, but the Vatican got mad and banished him. Soon, Martin Luther's ideas began to spread to England, France, and the Holy Roman Empire.
Eventually, war broke out between states in the Holy Roman Empire between Catholics and Protestants. It soon devolved into a war between the Habsburg dynasty, a royal family known for being really, REALLY inbred, and the anti-Habsburg factions, who were probably also inbred but still sane. This eventually led to one of the deadliest wars in history.
It is considered a war. If it wasn't, then the Vietnam War and other conflicts would never have happened. So, while it wasn't directly a "war," it caused many others.
It was one of the most important conflicts, as it lasted more than 40 years. It's also not so far in the past and changed the lives of millions of people.
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Yes, this is an actual thing. A bunch of Australians lost their lives to a group of birds. It was destructive to the Australian population... Also, it shouldn't have happened because it was a very, very stupid war.
And feather hats. But seriously, emus are dangerous. They can kill you easily and can take a few bullets.
I saw this on Oversimplified, and the only reason for this war to exist is that it made me laugh.
Come on, that was just mean. Would you like half of your territory stripped from you by your neighbor?
Illegal war!
An American man killed a British pig...
These Brits take pigs seriously. The pig was the only one to die.
Oh, get over it! The people on the Falkland Islands are British and don't want Argentina taking over. The islands are British. Get over it.
Britain had no right to invade Argentina to take their land. The Falklands should belong to Argentina!
Seriously, Bush had no reason to do it.
At this point, Carthage was not a threat. This was a war of vengeance by the Romans against a people who had once threatened their existence but had since resigned themselves to being essentially subjects under the Senate.
The war was absolutely brutal. A long, drawn-out siege turned into a Stalingrad-esque nightmare, as two years passed with a desperate defense by Carthaginian citizens and a well-organized, infuriated Roman citizen-soldier army. This would be the last time Roman society united to conquer another civilization. From here on out, most wars featured professional soldiers or were fought against city-states and kingdoms that were willing to surrender after their belligerent king had given up.
In Carthage, there would be no quarter. I highly recommend Dan Carlin's podcast if you would like to hear the story of all three Punic Wars.
The other two wars were totally justified, in my opinion.
The Sri Lankan Civil War was an armed conflict fought on the island of Sri Lanka. Beginning on 23 July 1983, there was an intermittent insurgency against the government by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (the LTTE, also known as the Tamil Tigers), which fought to create an independent Tamil state called Tamil Eelam in the north and the east of the island.
After a 26-year military campaign, the Sri Lankan military defeated the Tamil Tigers in May 2009, bringing the civil war to an end. An estimated 80,000-100,000 Tamil people were killed during its course.
At the most basic level, the conflict arose from ethnic tension between Sinhalese and Tamil citizens.