There are times force is needed, but other times, we need to use a tad more caution.

@HippieChick58 Right, but "evil" isn't something you can negotiate with or fight with love really. Hitler was hellbent on what he wanted and it was his destiny he thought. You can't fight "evil" with love. You can deal with sensible people though.

@Piece2YourPuzzle So what if everyone responded to Hitler with love.for all humanity? And this means we don't kill our brothers and sisters, If everyone on both sides just put down the weapons and said "no more" who would be left to carry out the madness? Love could wipe out evil,,,but we will never believe that something as simple as love is far more powerful then our WMD..we are much too macho for that! I get it folks. We can't turn the other cheek at this point..nor can any other country w/o losing all support, Just thinking that there had to be a better way..didn't we discover it yet?

@Sharlee What do you mean responded to Hitler with love for all humanity? Fighting Hitler and starting other wars are two different things with different circumstances etc. Reason with Pol Pot? Mussolini? Duterte? Etc. I believe most people who start wars and do those "evil" things are far on the sliding scale of psychopaths already. Try reasoning with or loving psycho serial killers or someone who feels something is their destiny. It will not get you far. Look at all the pictures and videos of all those Jews being thrown in pits and murdered and tortured and tell me you can reason with the perpetrators. Everyone putting down their weapons is a very complex issue. It involves deprogramming tons of propaganda and brainwashing of entire generations. It's a very long process. I'm not saying it shouldn't be started, but it's almost impossible. In the moment when Hitler is invading country after country and rounding up people to be killed, there isn't time to "love" him. Also, sometimes people are just bat shit crazy.

you forget socialists aren't interested in love, only power
Why else would they love oppression, taxation, war?

@moxy Huh? Just who do you think was a socialist? Not Hitler I hope. You sure you're not describing right wing authoritarian sociopaths? Probably the only half accurate thing you mentioned pertaining to socialists is them wanting taxation.

@moxy I vote for the president in the U.S. that I will think is the kindest and wisest and most-level headed. I am not a "pure" socialist. I am a socialist in my policy and dealing with others. I cannot vote socialist when there is no good choice or way in the voting system for a socialist to win a presidency. "Social" also is the root of sharing and caring. I know many people that are socialist and love means everything, and power means nothing to them. There are also socialist jerks too. You may be thinking of what Stalin did to socialism when he perverted it for his own gain.

the Irish still have socialism, the other great religion in Europe besides alcohol