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"We" is humanity. The fact that you don't get to make the choice about what others do to you is one of the very big reasons we have the 2nd Amendment at all, a

• nitrogen 13y ago
  But countries can choose what they do to others, and sometimes those choices have blowback. I remain unconvinced that those who decide such things for us are acting in our interests, or that the problems they claim exist can only be solved the way they claim to solve them.
  • mpyne 13y ago
    The fact that countries can choose what to do to others also means the other countries can choose what to do to us. By all means come up with better solutions and better leaders, but don't act like other countries don't get to make their own choice in what they do.
    • nitrogen 13y ago
      But we're not talking about other countries, are we? The title of the article is "Has the US Started an Internet War?" Why is the only choice between the US starting a cyber war and a hot war?
      • mpyne 13y ago
        That's not the only choice, but to defend against a war started against you, you need to have people trained in that before the war starts. In other words, you need to identify the need to form up those forces before a war starts, even if you don't intend to ever start one yourself.