Some Of Our Favourite Things

Mass rape, slaughter, torture, oppression of women… these are some of the US allies’ favourite things. If you win a victory against one set of maniacs but in so doing you’ve empowered a whole other set and become beholden to them, what have you achieved except a temporary illusion of safety? This is like when Luke had a choice to use the Dark Side to fight against the Emperor. Oh god that’s *far* too nerdy.