I agree that we are not always rational and that emotions do sometimes over-rule rationality. Maybe more often than anyone would admit. That's why we have to b

I agree that we are not always rational and that emotions do sometimes over-rule rationality. Maybe more often than anyone would admit. That's why we have to be prepared. One day the US or one of our potential adversaries will be led by someone whose responses are driven by emotion or ego. As a result, their responses are more likely to be escalations of situations that could've been better handled with a simple, rational, proportional response. Maybe we already had that day.