Anyone obsessed with this stupid idea probably looks back on D-Day and thinks it was okay for us to prevail there because we took such heavy casualties--they were able to relax because "we" paid such a heavy toll.
What utter nonsense. These same peopel are the ones who lecture us abotu war not being a game, yet that's precisely how they are treating this one. They're like those parents who don't want to have their kids soccer teams count scores, since they don't want anyone to know what it's like to lose a game. The point of playing a game is that it's a safe way of prepping your kid to face more serious competition, challenges and defeats and victories in real life.
Similarly, these people seem to think that a war is just about fighting for awhile until everyone gets tired, and then the REAL adults (ha!) the UN can come in and work it all out nice and peaceful like. These people are stupid. They know nothing of the history of war, or the UN, or how wars are won.
Alexander is famous because he won, not because he was fair. Those who bitch about proportional response have no grasp on reality. How do you win a war of the kind Israel is fighting? By making everything even-Steven? No--you win by making the enemy not want to fight anymore, not want to send rockets and suicide bombers into your land anymore. You don't do that by playing to tie.
well said.
Did you read the article?
Absolutely. The same for Ghenghis Khan and Attila the Hun.
This idea of proportionate response is sick.
And I agree with you that these same anti-war...can't we all get along bullsh*t we're seeing here in the USA is indeed a product of T-ball and soccer games where they don't keep score.
If children learned about winning and losing we'd be much better off, IMO.