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I would expect that the leaders of my country acted in a rational manner and not pandered to community sentiment by immediately sending our army into their country.
In the playground I was taught that just because another kid hit me, that it was not OK to hit them back. I was taught that there are better ways to solve a problem and that "hitting back" would just make things worse.
Seeing as I learnt this lesson when I was a 5 year old I would expect the leader elected by my country would act more maturely than a child.
question is how many times do you let someone hit you or your kids before you will fight back
2006-08-11 02:56:33 · 14 answers · asked by mobile auto repair (mr fix it) 7 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Well in the playground you had bullies, victims, and casual onlookers. At the same time you also had some presumption that if one of the bullies got out of line your parents might intercede withe the school, or in a worst case scenario, the police might be called.
In the world of statecraft, there are no parents, no principal or teacher, and no police to call. The U.N. you might suggest? That is a canard at best. It can rarely be stirred to action, and when it is, the only real teeth it ever has are those the U.S. gives it.
No, it's a tough world out there, and like it or not, when you are on top, as the U.S. finds itself at the moment, there is always someone out there trying to test your resolve. As taht answer seemed inspired by analogies to childhood, one of the things my father taught me when I was a boy was that if you want more of something, encourage it.
The United States can and does take a great many hits without responding really, but in the long run these things only serve to embolden our challengers and thereby encourage them to hit us again and again to see if we may fall. You probably noticed that story in the media the past couple of days about the terrorists hoping to blow up a dozen or so planes.
I think it is important that would-be challengers to U.S. power understand that the consequences of a challenge are very severe indeed. We may always be plagued by loosely organized bands of terrorists, but any state that offers them safe haven and state assisted resources must be forced to pay the price.
Turning to lesser states, like Israel for example, which unlike the U.S. can really not take so very many hits, what should they do when the Palestinians rocket them? Turn the other cheek? If their response is not swift and severe, being outnumbered some 200 to one in the Islamic world, they will be overrun before they even have time to think about this sort of debate.
2006-08-11 03:23:38 · answer #1 · answered by anonymourati 5 · 4⤊ 1⤋
The world is not a 5 year olds playground. Every situation is different and has to be handled differently. Sometimes you hit back immediately after being hit, sometimes you strike before they strike you, sometimes you show restraint.
2006-08-11 04:06:16 · answer #2 · answered by Tower of T 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bet you got beat on alot as a kid. I was taught, as well as my son, if someone harms me in anyway, I had better stand up for myself. Nobody wants to bully the kid, who will f**k them up if provoked. I didn't get bullied in school, but I wasn't a bully myself. Kids just knew I would stand up for myself. If you get hit and do nothing about it, expect to get hit the next day. Don't start it, just make sure you finish it.
2006-08-11 03:14:47 · answer #3 · answered by ? 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Life is simpler when your 5, you have your parents there to protect you. We're also not in the parenting forum either.
Preemptive strike, the real golden rule. Do on to your enemies before they get the chance to do on to you. You might not survive the first strike. If you know someone is plotting to take you out you take them out first.
2006-08-11 03:29:13 · answer #4 · answered by Esh 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My kids are adults now, but believe me to this day, if someone took a swing at me, or my kids, you'd have to get four guys to hold me down. I play nice, when other's play nice with me, but hitting, NO WAY. I would duke it out.
2006-08-11 03:01:11 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Only if you want to be hit back, I believe in taking up for yourself! I also believe in a eye for an eye!
2006-08-11 03:00:24 · answer #6 · answered by surelycoolgirl 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Sure, at some point you "fight" back but that doesn't necessarly mean you "hit" back. You don't ignore the situation but you act in a more responsible way than kids on a playground.
2006-08-11 03:00:56 · answer #7 · answered by EMAILSKIP 6 · 0⤊ 4⤋
Just one time and then I will proceed to defend myself and my kids.
2006-08-11 03:53:18 · answer #8 · answered by Vagabond5879 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They get 1 chance and they better make it a good one ,cause their a** is mine !
2006-08-11 03:06:01 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Until u get fed up an turn into the tazmanian devil on their @ss!
2006-08-11 03:02:31 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋