re: #38 darthstar

How many lives are saved? None. Lives are saved when you either a) stop an aggressor in the process of trying to take lives or b) prevent people from wanting to be aggressors (not something you can do by force).

I don’t agree with your parenthetical. You can prevent rational people from being aggressors by force. Rational people grow sick of war and death, leading to statements like “The most disadvantageous peace is better than the most just war.” and “There was never a good war or a bad peace.” I do feel that the military destruction visited upon Japan and Germany helped to defeat the foolish ideas of race-superiority that they had.

The problem with attacking Jihadi types with force is the whole martyrdom and oppression thing. they’re stylizing themselves as the underdog, the struggling one. They say they will eventually triumph, but they obviously aren’t, and yet they still acquire recruits. The recruits are not joining up for any rational reason of believing they will win due to the record of success the Jihad has had.

re: #42 Ojoe

Can you remind me when Sherman killed a bunch of children?

re: #45 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

And you’re willing to kill the children because they may attack the US? Because they’re being taught to attack the US upon the command of their superiors/masters/ideological leaders, whatever?

For that, the children need to die?