Once upon a time, there were two tribes living next to each other. One was the Tainos who were very warlike, and delighted in battles waged, and in conflicts won. They had a hierarchical warrior class who prized strength, bravery, and personal achievement. The other tribe was the Mystics. They were a very peaceful people who meditated daily on the mysteries of life, spent much of their time living simply, and peacefully, creating artful pottery, and exploring their mind and spiritual oneness with nature.
The two tribes lived together for generations never bothering each other, since the Mystics had nothing the Tainos wanted, and the Mystics eschewed the obviously violent lifestyle the Tainos led.
Until one day, a rumor drifted into the Taino camp, that the Mystics had a large cache of gold that they had been keeping secret for many years. Upon hearing this, the Taino chieftain sent an emissary to the Mystic town center to ask if this was so. "Why yes," the Mystic leader answered. "We have much of this gold that we've hidden for many years, but we would be glad to share it with you, if you so desire."
Upon hearing this, the Tainos rose up in their warlike wrath, and marched upon the Mystics, laying waste to the town, killing every single one of the Mystics in a bloody, and vicious massacre. Then, upon searching the Mystic town center the Tainos not only found gold, they found a vast store of it. So much gold, was found in fact, that the Tainos began fighting amongst themselves for it, and wound up killing each other, until finally no one of either tribe, the Mystics, or the Tainos survived.
So - the entire question is: Which culture was superior?
The answer is obvious – neither one. Both were destroyed. The gentle Mystics all perished because they would not defend themselves, and as a result their wonderful spiritual knowledge, and beautiful artistic skills were lost forever. The warlike Tainos were also destroyed by their own greed, and bellicosity, so that their fine traditions of courage, strength, and personal achievement on the field of battle were also gone forever. Both cultures were fatally flawed. Both were imbalanced.
This story then, illustrates well the position we find ourselves in today. We are caught between two equally destructive cultures. Those who delight in killing, such as the warlike, fanatically dedicated Islamic terrorists, and those who oppose war at any cost, like the pacifistic liberal morons who would have us do nothing at all – which of course makes the liberal antiwar crowd, just as bad as al Qaida. Indeed when you have a society that is so pacifistic that it won't even defend itself, then those who are as much imbalanced in the opposite direction will certainly destroy it.
Remember the story above. Neither one was superior. Both were destroyed. What good do principles, or ideology do you if in the end you destroy yourself with them?