Reply #31: true, then I don't have to jump through twisted hoops trying to

[Lerkfish]

justify needless civilian deaths.
that's the hard part of not being a pacifist. You have to find some way to overcome your natural inclination to preserve life.

If you distill it down to peace is where we need to be, if you can crystallize your intent to that singularity, then all the arguments and rationalizations evaporate away and it comes down to are you willing to end the life of another human being, or not? everything else is posturing.
IMHO