[HoratioHellpop]

//but even in those times, you could argue

This is the oft-spoken fallacy of the benefit of hindsight. Folks in that situation 80 years ago did what they had to do, to stop Japan from continuing to rape and murder hundreds of thousands of people in southeast Asia. But of course, you would have found a better option. How's the view, standing on the shoulders of giants?

[gambiting]

I feel like my argument flew so high above your head it literally touched the clouds.

[archagon]

Brave words coming from a sockpuppet.