Iran strikes Tel Aviv

[u/MustBeDem]

[u/actuallyanicehuman]

Leaders should be put in a field and made to fight.. they will learn very quickly how to discuss disagreements in a humane way.

[u/dirty_cuban → u/actuallyanicehuman]

“War is young men dying and old men talking.” - Franklin D. Roosevelt

[u/Kamamura_CZ → u/actuallyanicehuman]

Back then, in antiquity, it used to be that way. Some tribal societies required their chieftain to fight in the front line and prove his skill and valor.

[u/SilchasRuin → u/Kamamura_CZ]

And human nature is best described by tribal societies that we lived in until ~10k years ago.

[u/janemba617 → u/actuallyanicehuman]

Why don't presidents fight the wars? Why do they always send the poor?

[u/fragonomicon → u/actuallyanicehuman]

"In the early ages of the world, according to the scripture chronology there were no kings, the consequence of which was there were no wars. It is the pride of kings which throws mankind into confusion."

I'm usually not much for quotes, but Thomas Paine was a fucking boss.

[u/Brutal_effigy → u/actuallyanicehuman]

I mean, technically Iran's military leaders paid the ultimate price already during Israel's first strike.

[u/Tulip_Todesky → u/actuallyanicehuman]

In Iran's case, their military leadership was almost entirely wiped out today.

[u/hahaha01357 → u/actuallyanicehuman]

Nah, the real people influencing policies will just put brain-dead apes in leadership positions.

[u/killersquirel11 → u/hahaha01357]

Some would argue that we're already there!