I just cannot understand where you are coming from
>>>war is hell and should be avoided at almost all cost (except for liberty and freedom when being invaded)<<<
In 1861 our second greatest president caused 500,000 of his fellow Americans to die -- for an ideal
"Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a civil war, testing..."
Can you not see that warriors fight, no holds barred, against the enemy -- even if he might be your brother -- if you believe that you must win, no matter the cost.
Why do you condemn our leaders that go for the jugular -- do you really believe that "turn the other cheek" is a viable military value.
(as an aside, I have never checked it out, but I understand it was just a battalion of Japanese troops that controlled all of Singapore in 1942-1945 with their fierceness - kill anyone at anytime -- )
I think fierceness works for warriors
HST had it in spades
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