Here's what I see. We are under attack, serious attack. We are positioning our military to defend our country and to hover over the countries harboring the perpetrators. Two weeks and we haven't bombed anyone yet. Most of the world is standing with us on this one. If the terrorist was just your average crazed murderer attacking your neighborhood, would you not try to immediately stop them by whatever means you could? Would you really think it was better to try to get inside his head at that moment and justify his actions by saying he was abused and had suffered so it's not really his fault? Let's say he succeeds in killing several innocent people in front of your eyes while you are standing by practicing restraint and trying to understand him. Could you really be comfortable with that from a moral and ethical standpoint? How about when he turns around and then comes after you and the only chance you had to stop him in self-defense was to kill him? Would you stand on your principle and let him kill you so that you would not be escalating any violence? I know this situation we are in is complicated and we must be extremely careful and cautious in how we handle it but let's be realistic, too. Kakki
