See, with this solution we lack all diplomacy. Diplomacy that separates a world power from a rebel state. We can't "kick their asses", as you say, right from the start because that makes us look like savage fools who have made absolutely no attempt to reconcile and put the porblem behind us, and ignoring the problem is out of the question because a man was shamelessly murdered. I'm not sure what sort of world you grew up in, but murder without military cause or legitimate error is not acceptable in any society I can think of off the top of my head. Some form of justification has to be presented in order for us to begin kicking ass and taking names. or so my brother has described it.
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Date: 2011-09-07 02:28 am (UTC)