Conservatism taught to my children

Why are there wars daddy?

Well, because countries, like people, have differences.

My teacher says that these countries should just talk and not go to war.

I agree to a certain extent. All options should be explored and exhausted before going to war. However, once all options are exhausted, there are two paths; appeasement or war. What is appeasement daddy? It is giving the enemy what it wants. Appeasement never works. It leads only to further demands. It delays the inevitable war or leads to surrender. It is like the bully at school who demands a dollar. If you give him a dollar to make him go away, I promise you he will demand another dollar tomorrow.

Your teacher says we should talk to our enemies. There is one truism son: When good negotiates with bad, good loses every time. Son, we believe in freedom, democracy, and capitalism for everyone. It is a system that has proven itself to produce the most human happiness where ever it has been tried. All other systems fail in comparison. If the enemy rejects freedom, democracy , and capitalism, we have nothing to negotiate.

To often those who want to negotiate to promote peace just want to be left in peace. Peace can be had instantly through surrender but this is no way to live. Our system is the best and we will have to sometimes fight to keep it.

Thanks for the question son.

Right on