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"We have to destroy them before they destroy us" is the justification for every unjust war.

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Martin · 38w
It's like the Dark Forest Theory in Three Body Problem. It might actually be purely logical behaviour, as disgusting as that may be.
Oren โ˜‚๏ธ #BIP-128 · 38w
What about "We have to destroy them after they have actively fired rockets at us from 4 different fronts (Lebanon, Gaza, Yemen & Iran itself) and have started rushing to a nuclear bomb to turn their theocratic regime immune to attacks on their own soil"? You're all talking about it as if it's a theo...
DorN · 38w
Any war against Islamist is just
pv · 38w
Agreed, fear is your worst advisor.
Moss · 38w
They can use this excuse to slaughter any country and any people in order to obtain the real interests behind what they want. But this sentence will only work for compromising and weak countries. For those countries that can fight to the end for the survival rights of their future countries and peop...
Vincent · 33w
Are all wars unjust? Can you name a just war?