I heard we had a war or two with the British once. Why aren't we still slaughtering them? Maybe there is such a concept as putting !@#$ behind us. For what other reason than sadistic bloody vengeance, do you continue to pursue this?
I will not quiver over old men in their beds. They are of no concern to me, and thus I have no logical reason to attack them. It does not protect society to follow this action. It does harm any families they might have. Cause new damage, open old wounds or start fresh ones.
I am conserned with the mob standing before us now. Turning their wrath on whomever they desire. That is the real threat. I see a pack of jackals ripping apart a wounded animal, am I to be pleased with this? No... it merely cautions me that there are plenty of rabid dogs out there and none of them are carrying swastikas. This is 2014 and the dangers out there are not from the 1940s.
One of us fights for peace, the other for vengeance. Tell me, really, which of us is likely to sanction another genocide?