We want to live in peace. To deal with each other as absolute equals.
They demand our obedience and refuse to leave us alone.
Defensive use of force is ALWAYS ethical.
The calculus is pretty damn clear from there.
There is Fort Sumter, Colonel. The Lieutenant is ready to touch off the cannon. What do you say to him? Are you ready? I am sure not. CW2 would be a bloodbath, a horrible searing scarring trauma, and probably the end of the USA. I think we need to keep fighting the Cold Civil War. If it goes hot, we will all be losers.