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I was astonished when i heard how bloody this war was and how gruesome the scene was. Not only are you killing people from your own country and race but they were fighting over something that could have and should have been prevented.I could not beleive what Br. Tom said when he was talking about the aftermath and how you could walk 100 yards and not even have touched grass because of all the dead bodies. And just to think this bloody gory war was faught on our own turf and our own blood was being shed. It would almost be like one side of the class room going to war against the other side of the class room. The U.S. was obviously not thinking and i think now we realize how not pointless but unneccesary the war was. I feel disgusted how about you. 1204172040

Br. Tom made a good point how horrible the civil war was between the north and the south. They were divided up just by the border around maryland or pennsylvania. There were other wars besides that going on at the time besides the civil war. There was actually a little mini war that was going on in Kansas, and was to be heard as, "Bloody Kansas", based on the goriness and the deaths of many people that did not deserve to die. It was not easy for all Americans to handle. The fight for land is becoming really old news. I think people need to realize that nothing is going to be solved over the matter of land. We live in the same country and people turn against each other and for what? greed? People back then needed to realize that the solution wasn't going to settle anything between them. They got really territorial easily and there was nothing to stop that. Also I kind of feel real bad about Mexico for having almost half of their original land taken by us. Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and even a little bit of southern California. We got greedy for taking over the land that was rightfully thiers in the first place. I didn't see why we just had to take the land from somebody else, just to make our selves feel a little better. Obviously it wasn't fair to them with a match up of a higher quality of the military then what they had. We had better technology and artilirary weapons. We took advantage of that by lowering the class or quality of Mexico that resulted them to be inferior than other countries. 1204243863

Ok so i might of read your post wrong but im pretty sure that last sentence you said that it is our fault that Mexico is such a poor country. And ive got to say that that idea makes me laugh. If anything at this point we are the only reason Mexico has any money at all. I have no proof of this but i have to guess that half of the Mexican economy relies on our resorts and tourist going to their country. And we did not steal any land form Mexico. Texas was a majority of Americans and asked to leave the Mexican States but they wouldn't let them. So Texas revolted and tried to leave without Mexico's permission and mexico attacked. And that later lead to the Mexican American War which was fought over the borders of Texas. We won that war and in the peace treaty we took that land because we won the war. We werent trying to conquer Mexico we were defending our borders and they lost. ANd because they lost they had to give us land just like every other war that has every taken place. 1204508859

In the civil war the violence was unreal. On the battlefield there would be dismembered bodies all over from the cannon fire that was scorching the earth the cannon balls struck or annihilating the poor souls they struck. You would see people literally gutting each other like a fisherman would gut a fish. The soldiers would place a special knife at the end of their musket which is called a bayonet. And they would charge at the enemy and thrust the bayonet into the stomach of the other man twist the bayonet around and pull out his intestines or what organ it picked up. It was extremely gruesome for anyone who saw a civil war battlefield. Then the man would lay there on the ground with his chest pretty much broken open and his intestines would be all over the place. Doctors didn't help matters. If you were shot the limb would be removed. So if your finger was shot off their best treatment was to chop your hand off. These procedures caused for piles of amputated limbs and or corpses outside the medic station. This war was as gruesome as they come, it can be considered the worst war we ever fought for two reasons. Reason one we killed each other gruesomely and inhumanly because we couldn't agree on what was right and what was wrong. Reason two The death count is the highest death toll out of all the wars our great nation has ever fought because we were killing each other.1204256682

Reading about the Civil War in class has been an eye opener for me. I am embarrassed to say that before the class discussions we have had in Br. Tom's class, my knowledge on this event in history was at a bare minimum. This is the dictionary definition of the word war. To think that something with a definition as powerful as this is //currently// happening in our world today, is sickening. And even more degrading; to know that something such as this has happened throughout our history is hurtful to many people. History; it is our past; our ancestors. To think that war has been something since before everyone we know, and is still an active participant in the world today is just astonishing. It was mentioned that this "Gory War" was one that hosted more dead bodies on the ground, rather than in the ground. Not being able to walk a certain number of steps before stepping on a deceased resident is gruesome. Also, something that gets me emotionally riled up about this topic is the doctors and the authoritative "staff" didn't care about what people were feeling. They just considered them another body. What I seem to be repeating myself on is that this type of hate and grotesque behavior is **occuring as we speak!** It is up to us, to make the world a better place. We can start this action, by learning from previous mistakes, such as the mistakes we made in our history (the topic being discussed), and work around what we know is wrong. 1204258369
 * WAR: (noun); a conflict carried on by force of arms, as between nations, or between parties within a nation.**

War is bad, but without war the evil will grow like rats on steroid. If you don't confront violence of nations led by the likes of Hitler or Hussain, then violence, enslavement, torchure and oppression become the norm. Those who are in the military are my heroes because they are smart enough that a militarily weak U.S. means not peace, but the likelyhooh of war. Because a weak US embolders the tyrants and terrorists. Case in point: Iraq- we fight Al quada ther, they can't blow up buildings and airplanes here. Good plan, good result, but don't expect a country brainwashed by CNN and NBC to give credt to THE MAN< GEORGE BUSH. He's got he gahoongas a lot of whimps here don't. And he doesn't hold his finger to the wind to decide what to do. He locks in on a plan to take out and kill those creeps, and it worked. In summary THE MAN saved likes by killing al queda in and near their homeland.GO ARMY<GO MARINES<GO NAVY!!! 1204259854

Yes Thank You, I have been thinking these same things for so long. The leaders in the Middle East are crazy and they will attack us. They feel that they can control and think they can defeat us. War is a terrible thing. But without it we are sitting ducks against people who don't hesitate to kill innocent people. The invasion of Iraq is fully supported by me because it was inevitable that we would eventually be involved in the middle east. So for me sooner is better. Dont give Al Queda the chance to attack us again. We need to disrupt the power over there and we should not leave until the people are in power with a stable government. Go Democracy. 1204589568

I would like to start by saying that if our class did get into a war my side would win regardless. So that isnt important. But The civil war was extremely gory. The type of fighting carried out was just stupid. Lets stand in a line in the middle of a field and shoot each other. The medicine of the time was pretty much useless,( Just cut the bad part off he doesn't use it much anyway.) This type of warfare is unthinkable, but it is what they did back then. War today has gotten better and worse. We have all sorts of medicine and armors that help keep troops alive, but the new inventions make killing thousands a simple task. War is something that is terrible and unwanted by all, but at times it is neccesary. We cant allow other people to march into our country and start slaying people. We need to remind the terrorists who the boss is, and that "if you make the bed you'll have to sleep in it" we cannot allow peace to happen when we are the only ones who are being peaceful. mme

War is very versitale. It can be our freind and it can be our enemy. Sometimes its what we want and sometimes its what we need. Other times its our worst enemy and its hurting us. I dont know if this is possible but I like to classify wars as good or bad. As predicted the Civil war is bad. It's almost a gutt wrenching thought that we killed our own people. That the north and the south fought many battles and war was our last resort, it is very sad. Like Br. Tom said there was 600,000 soldiers dead and wounded. Do you really know how many innicent men's blood was shed over something we couldnt resolve with words. I always think that war is started with people that dont think about all the reasons. There pushy and just want whats think is going to be good but dont really look at the whole picture. But sometimes war is a neccesary thing in life. We cant really avoid it with the people we have now. It was almost ment to be becuase we dont live in a perfect world. 1204752953Ale2

I was really surprised when I heard how violent the civil war was and how many people died. When you think about it during the civil war you are really killing other American citizens because they were fighting for slavery. I think that this war could have been a lot less gruesome and this war could have possibly prevented. Br. Tom said that you could walk for 100 yards or so with out even seeing a blade of grass because of all of the dead bodies that lay across the ground. I don’t think that it was necessary for us as a nation to fight when we could make a pact or treaty to solve our problems. It is like when playing red rover when each side is lined up across from each other but you all know that you go to the same school. When you think about how the war was conducted it was unnecessary to lose that may soldiers in a war that was the most gruesome war ever. 1205293351

I also am completely in awe when hearing about the gruesome details about this war and how horrible it must be to witness that. Even though war can settle some differences in the end, it kills courageous people who sacrafice their lives to help us have a better one. What upsets me most about some of the soldiers who die is that a lot of them (more back then than now) could not be identified becuase they were so badly torn up. I can't even imagine being put in a situation where there are litereally hundreds of my close friends and fellow soldiers dead at my feet. I would not even wish to see that of my worst enemy. I wish we could figure out a way to settle disputes without having ot lose poor innocent souls in the process. Also, the men and women that we are losing in the wars are not only human beings, but they are outstandingly brave human beings who have a significant amount of courage, determination and heart than a lot of people. It's hard to know that everyday, just like back then, amazing people die everyday jsut to help us. I believe that if you stand by God and have the heart to give your life for other people's benefit, that is the ultimate heart a person can **ever** have.

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Well im glad your in awe mdo. Just to tell you we are still in war today. We have been fighting this war for a long time and very innicent people have died. These center focus of attacks have been citzens. In the middle east there is always that uncertainty that something can go bizerk in a matter of scounds like a car bomb, or a bomb in general, or just a shooting riot becuase that leader wasnt happy with the citzens and how they were acting. Saddam hussaine killed his soccer team once becuase they did not perform well in the world cup. There is just example of just power hungry these people are and we can never really get ride of them. MDo I do agree with that we need to stand by God becuaswe God is going to be salvation once things really get serous with this whole terrrosim war. LIke you said brave humans are sacraficing themeselves for the goodness of there hearts for a simple thing we enjoy the most here in America which is Freedom. We need to cherish it becuase we do not know how long it will last. Its just sad to hear about how the world has to resort to such things like this. If we do have another world war this by far will be the goriest war ever. 1205381564Ale2

From the original post I think that your missing something. Of course its terrible that all of this happened and how gory it was. But it's not like that was the only war we had ever fought, it probably just seems a lot worse because it was here in our nation, instead of the middle east or Asia. Yes all war is terrible but like AGR said some wars are just inevitable. They are going to happen there are conflicts that can only be settled in one way which is war. I think we may not always like what our leaders are doing but we should still stand up and support them because this is our country and it needs support. The point of America is freedom and if there is another country trying to take away that freedom we need to defend it and give it all we got!1205466134

Sure the civil war was gory, but it got the job done. It fixed what needed to be fixed, and dissolved slavery. All the men who fought in the war were proud to go fight for their nation, whether it be the Union or the Confederacy. No man died in vain. They all fought hard and for a cuase they believed in. Some may have been too young, but just because you are young doesn't mean you don't have insight into important issues. Therefore, there might have been bloodshed, but it was well worth it. 1205467658