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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: cnyndwllr who wrote (149428)10/27/2004 5:04:56 PM
From: Neocon  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
The cycle of violence trope is silly. Eventually, in most conflicts, someone wins. And it is not just the one with the greater firepower, it is the one who cares the most about the outcome, and has the fortitude to endure, assuming that he is not simply crushed. We cannot allow those who are willing to kill to dictate how the rest of us live. Sometimes you have to fight to uphold rights or principles. It is best if the conflict is clean, and does not involve collateral damage, but that cannot be guaranteed, and therefore will have to be part of the calculus of how to respond to provocation. But at some point, on some terms, we may have to accept collateral damage.
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