Human Decency & Civility: Beyond Treaties & Areas of Influence

Though philosophically a pacifist, I punched a childhood bully in the face to protect myself, & when confronting an abusive young man who was hurting his ex-girlfriend & endangering her life by chasing her back & forth across a major artery, I kicked him in the groin. Sometimes there is no other way. How long will the West play the game of “diplomacy” & “peaceful means” with a psychopathic brutal barbarian who does not play by anyone’s rules but those of his own sick mind & gargantuan ego?