re: #415 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

Pacifism should not be the same as passivism.

There are things worse than war.

Our mistake lies in thinking that war alone is a solution, it is only a first step in resolving a crisis.

To me, war is like surgery; your last choice of action. It must be carefully planned a swiftly executed.

The superior militarist strikes while plans are being made.
The next best is to attack alliances.
Next best is to fight armies.
Worst of all is to attack cities.

Sun Tzu

These days our wars are stuck around steps 3 and 4.

Although we have heard of military operations that are swift but clumsy we have never heard of a well planned operation lasting a long time. No nation has ever profited from a long war.

Which is yet another thing the people send us off to war have forgotten, or never knew.