So who are these "thugs in this world" that you refer to? It seems, at least to the other 6 Billion people on this planet that the US are thugs. It's not pacifism, it's common sense. When has violence ever solved a single thing? When the U.S. forced Germany to pay reparations, thus leading to the rise of Hitler? Oh and how did we respond to Hitler? I believe it was with indifference until we got bombed, at which point we declared war with Japan. Oh wait, maybe Vietnam solved something other than millions dead but i just can't seem to think of anything. Hmmmmm, what about our response to 9/11? It seems to have worked real well. Our presence in the Middle East is taken very nicely, they love the U.S. And then you mock Tolstoy as if violence isn't as absurd as an author advocating peace.

Ignorance is not believing that violence is not the way to solve things, ignorance is accepting that violence can help people. Give me one example of when war hasn't begat another conflict which also birthed another conflict? Please, i would like to hear it Anthony.