Its a terrible thing to say, like admitting you're fascinated by suffering, or rape, or torture.

I suppose its like reading and enjoying crime novels; it may not make you a criminal, but it still feels sort of creepy, doesn't it?

But one thing should be admitted. War isn't something that happens. It is something that the aggressor inflicts on the victim. And very often there is no way to avoid it but to respond in kind, or at the very least, to threaten to respond.. Perhaps it isn't as obvious in every case as it is in this one, but the fact remains, whether we like it or not and as unfair as it may seem. Violence cannot be defeated except by violence.

What was it Eowyn of Rohan said? “It needs but one foe to breed a war, not two, ... And those who have not swords can still die upon them.”