[vkou]

I rightly hope that everyone is scared shitless about the possibility of any war - let alone nuclear war.

[cryptonector]

But not so scared that a larger war results from unwillingness to fight a smaller war. We saw that movie in the 30s.

[vkou]

We've also seen how it has turned out in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Vietnam, Libya. Hundreds of thousands of people dead, for nothing. But as long as it's other people dying, we're totally fine with that.

[cryptonector]

Strawman. None of those involved genocidal maniacs (unless you include Cambodia, where the U.S. did not intervene) nor plain old tin pot dictators bent on world domination.