Fighting is easier when there’s a definite front. We’re in an asymmetrical war. They’re planning to nibble away at us like a cancer, not confront us directly in face to face, hand to hand combat. When they come for us, one by one. in the middle of the night, how do you prepare for that? Or more to the point, how do we force them out of that game plan?
And then there’s the problem of family, a wife, and children who depend on you, who may not be as prepared for the dire consequences of a “hot” conflict as you are. Sacrifice on a foreign battlefield does not exact so high a price as knowingly putting your entire family at risk of utter ruin.
I am not saying we won’t get there. I’m just saying it’s worthwhile to hope it doesn’t go there. That’s why we’re all sitting pinned beneath that tiny group of men and women in DC. We’re hoping to resolve this through constitutional process. I hope it works, because I’m not looking forward to the alternative. But if it comes, duty before safety.
This works both ways, does it not?
And then there’s the problem of family, a wife, and children who depend on you..
That, too, works both ways, should push come to shove.
Gotta think out of the box. Be creative. Don't play by the other guy's rules or you will surely perish.