*raises white flag*- Henry Walther

War is natural. We see something we want so we take it. But just because something is natural does that mean its justifiable? Succumbing to our innate impulses is progress. Remaining in a state of comfortability promotes complacency and suppresses progress.
War represents the worst humanity has to offer.
Greed.
Selfishness.
Brutality.
Most war supporters (read: mongers) justify despicableness through hackneyed (wow vocab word go Henry) consequentialist bullshit (excuse my french(wait Napoleon was French never mind(*raises white flag*))) but what they neglect to allow to pierce their thick skull is that anytime war is fought, morals are compromised.
The "good" side in war is supposedly fighting for superior values and morals than the "bad" side.

Take the war on terror.

There's no doubt in my mind American morals are superior to terrorist morals. We've established the end is a worthwhile goal. Now let's look at the means. Water boarding, drone strikes killing thousands of civilians and setting back infrastructure 20 years, discriminate policies in America. What are we fighting for? American values. But how? Through the same morals that make us condemn terrorists. War degrades justifiable morals. The means of war are inherently despicable so the only way the ends are justifiable is if the end goal is despicable morals.