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Why give them a reason to play? "An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth makes us all blind and toothless." also then comes to mind.
by bigdubs 11y ago
Why give them a reason to play? "An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth makes us all blind and toothless." also then comes to mind.
- vectorjohn 11y agoI don't know the right answer as to how to defend against terrorism, etc. But this argument makes no sense. "They" (whoever they are) don't need a reason to play, they already have one. Choosing "not to play" is just allowing whoever they are to do whatever they want.
- AnimalMuppet 11y agoCurrently they think they have a reason to play. If we stop playing, they aren't going to for some length of time, perhaps measured in generations. Given that "playing" means "attacking us trying to kill as many people as possible", I do not want to be in the situation where they are playing offense and we aren't playing defense.
- merpnderp 11y agoIf the West stops playing, it's not like Turkey, China, Russia, Iran, and Saudi Arabia will stop too. And there's no reason to believe the war would become less bloody with even more refugees.