Yeah Spartans were all about the phalanx, whereas samurai would often train and fight 1v1 even on the battlefield in my understanding. I would agree with your assessment.
Sure, because you can destroy an ideology by killing everyone in the group. That will never backfire.
This is some bullshit. I don't care what side of this you're on, if you think killing an organization will stop people from acting in anger and fear against the country that does the killing, all you need to do is look at history to know your thought is wrong.
It's extra difficult sending my kids to school every morning seeing this. I go between thoughts of "well, at least I have time with them right now" and "you're a selfish asshole for bringing them into a mess like this."
So I pretty much feel terrible about my choice all day every day but try to make the most of the time we have right now? It's hard.
I had a full load of classes at uni and worked 40 hours a week. Not much free time was has by me