the Ukrainian Question

[Magoo]

Some of us do stop ourselves though, which puts the lie to your position. The conflicts in the world are down to a very few very callous self interested people. I think they are mentally ill, but being kind I suggest they are immature personalities.

And the horror and damage they are responsible for far outweighs their value to the planet. That is why I support the death penalty. On the domestic scale, or the international, we would be better off without these people in our world. We cannot afford them.

you put the qualifying word in there, not i. 'some'
the truth to my position is written in history, yes, some leaders stop themselves, and some do not...take vlad.
therein lies the rub, we cannot prevent those who do it not to until theyve done it.
and by then...
this has happened since the dawn of man
this is why we will not stop. 
we cant.

tell me of a day when mankind has not been at war with each other.

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im not trying to justify war, or implying vlad is just being human as a let off for his actions.
the same way we dont commit murder but some do, there will always be murder, nasty business but you cant stop it until its happened which means...it will never stop.
im saying there were many before vlad, and there will be many to come. this has never nor will ever stop.
tis a noble folly to try to change it, but a folly nonetheless.