An Essay About Going To War

A nation refers to groups of people who share common emotions of love, pride and joy over it. This can vary to ethnic, religious groups to whole countries that define themselves as a nation. The perspective in the source is slightly ultranationalistic, which means that the nation only cares about the prosperity of its own country and feels superior to other nations. By saying that a nation 's first and only responsibility is to take care of itself, it is stating that when other nations are in a potential risk for destruction and ask for help, it is not an obligation to help them. This source is also advocating going into war no matter the cause because apparently, going to war means taking care of the nation. In contrast to this statement, going to war actually means setting the nation up for potential debt, loss of life, and possibly even the rise of ultranationalistic leaders. We should embrace the source in …show more content…
To have love, pride and joy over the nation causes defense mechanisms to go off when indirect and direct threats are made to it, but a nation should not overestimate its power over other nations. Though a valid reason to go into war if the opposing force is a threat to the nation, factors should be taken into consideration if the aftermath of the war would leave it in ruins. Also, taking care of the nation does not essentially mean going into war and potentially risking its honour for any cause, it means to prioritize domestic policy and to prosper. It should balance the pros and cons of going to war and maybe negotiating treaties and creating allies to make sure that in the end, the nation is still intact which should be its main priority. Although, if a nation is allied with others, then that means the nations are sharing that love, joy and pride together and are fighting for each other instead of against, becoming one nation in that time of