I actually don’t think that’s a very good answer to the son’s question.
I didn’t like the answer, either. It sounds too much like a character in Catch-22 who said it is better to live on your knees than to die on your feet.
Me neither but at least the guy packs a 9mm to protect his kids from more proximate threats. We are still paying for Truman’s vanity.
It is the liberal answer. All we are saying is give peace a chance. Too bad it could not work like that!