Originally posted by SplitInfinity
reply to post by Soshh
The stupidest thing we could do right now is to give the Old Guard an excuse to KILL the Pro-Democracy Leadership.
Going over the top with such things can make matters worse. Killing a few would galvanise an awful lot more and I doubt that they could kill them all..
Originally posted by Wrabbit2000
reply to post by Soshh
It's crazy isn't it? The point you make right there is one I've thought myself as well. Since we are long past the days of 'Total War' where 'Total Victory' was the only outcome, what exactly IS the point of war right now?
Point being though, doesn't ALL war eventually end in settlement and negotiated peace these days?
Well a wise man once said that war is a continuation of politics by other means. The need for war is based upon the fact that every country is as selfish as every other country and therefore not all of them will always do exactly what you want them to.
Generally speaking wars have to end with some form of compromise, but that doesn't mean that there wasn't a valid reason for war in the first place - like there being something to gain or a lot to lose - and a war might end in stalemate but that doesn't necessarily mean that it wasn't at all successful. I just think that war is unnecessary in this case.
