Going To War Research Paper

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I believe that a country should resort to war only when the country has been harmed by another country or group of people. The job of the government is to protect the people and if the people are being harmed, the government has the right to declare war in order to defend the people. The level of negotiation and thought that must be put into the idea of going to war varies depending on the situation or scale of the attack.
An example from the history of the United States is the The War of 1812. This war was caused because Great Britain was capturing American sailors to fight for Britain in the Napoleonic Wars. After Great Britain had been impressing American sailors for a good period of time, the U.S. government decided that it was time to