WAR!

I have an idea for deciding whether or not to go to war.

Now I know that most of you out there hate a worldwide approach to things. Diversity is good right? Well, we're going to suspend that logic for this topic and open up to my "Next Man in Line" plan.

As I stated in one of my earlier posts, the president should be picked by a Jeopardy tournament of Champions. Well, this should apply worldwide (although you have to be a citizen of the country in which you are playing).

So all the leaders of the world are also the smartest men and women in the world. Alright, got that taken care of. Now I belive that if this were the case, then we probably wouldn't have to worry about war at all anyway, since they're so smart, they can find alternatives to fighting to work out their differences. (of course, unless there's a mad scientist among the group with illusions of world domination, then my whole theory backfires) UNTIL the "Next man in Line" plan goes into effect.

I had to rack my brain about this for a long time to figure out how this would work out.

Should 2 nations decide that there is no other alternative then to go to war over something, then the dispute will be settled over a no-holds barred bare-knuckle deathmatch a la Gladiator between the two presidents. If it's important enough to fight and die for, then it's important enough for the president to fight and die for. The winner will reign supreme... until the vice president from the other country decides whether or not the issue is still worth fighting over. If they both agree again that it is still worth fighting over, then the battle shall reign on!

Now I realize that at this point the guy who won the first bout may be a little out of breath and at a slight disadvantage. Well, I'm all for fair fighting, and I'm not a total asshole, so I think that the winning president shall get a 15 minute break between fights, as well as the added benefit of knife for his next fight. Sort of a bloodlust prize. If both the combatants should still feel lucky and feel that the cause is still important, then the battle rages on!

You can see where this is going. Eventually, about 20 or so guys down the line, someone is going to wise up and say: "Hey, how about we go back to the table and start peace talks again?" They'll eventually work it out, and with only about 20 casualties from each country, we will have the fewest casualties in any active combat situation the world has ever seen. As an added bonus, we will now have people in a position of power who have the capacity to use it with dignity and responsibility, rather than carelessness and thoughtlessness.


Make sure that if you send people to die for something, you'd die for it as well.