Originally Posted by Iron's Rite

You Love to present commentary on concepts and opinions that you know nothing about and have not even bothered to seriously consider: So I'm going to ignore the deliberate misrepresentation of my views. Complete pacifism will leave us with whoever is the most nasty and aggressive in power in the years to come, leading to our assured destruction. However engaging in that philosophy and attempting to become the meglomaniacal tyrannical power of the World would also lead to our destruction when some other power topples us and/or launches their nukes. However, I believe that there must be a middle-way between defending ourselves and thus ensuring our survival and acting with conciousness so that we can live without fear of mutually assured destruction.