What have/would you fight for? When is it time to go to war?
if my country was invaded, probably.
An Italian who wouldn't surrender immediately? A rare find indeed.
We fought a lot against the Nazi invaders during WWII, tbh. It just depends who's coming. Yeah, we're not an aggressive population, but we do have our pet pevees.
Italy was an Axis state until it became inexpedient to continue being so.
What have/would you fight for? When is it time to go to war?
What have/would you fight for?
When is it time to go to war?
we're not an aggressive population
C'mon, just recently we killed 3.1 miillion Vietnamese on the other side of the world - 2.1 million combants and 1 million civilians.
Such a large body count can only be called industrial killing. And we now know this particular industrial killing was planned in advance with a lie as causam belli.
Well, once upon a time I was walking out of a gathering of esteemed individuals and as I was about to open the gate from the back yard to the front yard, I heard a sloshing sound and something hit my back. I turned around and discovered a red plastic cup on the ground, I smelt the hoppy aroma of a well-crafted beer, and I eyed a fine gentleman standing some distance away looking at me menacingly.
To this assault, I could only find one word.
"Really?" I inquired, not quite so chipper.
From there the gentleman inquired what I was saying to his "[fine lady]".
I informed him that no such meeting of minds or words had occurred, and at this point the gentlemen made a quick repetitive motion - a hand gesture, quite like one would make with a ice pick - and informed me that I should "[vacate the premises or he would place a dagger in my thorax]".
I found this quite disagreeable and I went on my way - the same way I would have gone if I had not been interrupted just a few moments prior - and sat in my car for a moment as he then came around to the front yard of the house and threw what appeared to be a large amount of detritus (with much gusto, fervor, and noise) onto the neighborhood cars and properties.
I can tell you that I had little to win there, except some small bit of pride, which in the face of some foolish confrontation that would have ended in one or both of us with grievous injury, is a small enough loss that I find it acceptable, except in my most unreasonable hours.
But I'll pose the answer: Pride.