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i responded to his original "killing with kindness" comment in its original context. you may not agree with my response, but it certainly fits the intent of his original post.
if you consider capturing innocent people as a legitimate tactic, that taking a civilian by force and demanding that someone do your bidding or you will slaughter them in cold blood is fair... then the divide between us must close much further before we can discuss something as relatively trivial as politics.
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If you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not too costly, you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance for survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves.
~ Winston Churchill
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