Wars cannot be won without sacrifices. A war without casualties can, in fact, hardly be classified as a war. Although there is no need for mindless bloodshed, if one hundred soldiers are killed destroying the enemy sides’ supply lines, the gain outweighs the loss. War is a strategic chess game, where sometimes a pawn must be sacrificed to make way for the queen to take out the king and win the game. For instance, in the American Civil War, the Battle of Antietam was the bloodiest day in American history, but it did an extraordinary amount to help the Union win the war. When the Union drove the Confederates out of Sharpsburg, it sent an important message to European countries to not bring much-needed aid to the South. Although the battle was officially counted as a draw, the Union claimed victory, also giving President Lincoln the advantage he needed to issue the …show more content…
An approximated 6,000 soldiers lost their lives fighting the British, with another 20,000 wounded, captured, or missing in action. If they had not risked their lives, we would perhaps still be under the rule of Great Britain today. The United States would never have become the internationally-respected world power that it is today. Those 6,000 deaths paved the way for the freedom of nearly 400,000,000 lives today.
In the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, there are several key principles mentioned within that are the core values of American society. One of these core values is an individual’s right to life except in extreme circumstances. These extreme circumstances include the protecting or bettering of others’ lives using deadly force; basically an individual can live their life however they choose, and are only denied their right to life when they are going to war and fighting to protect other American