Just as a small point: there are more positions available than just the two extremes of warmongering and pacifism.
I didn't agree with the Iraq war....that doesn't make me a pacifist. It just means I believe that particular war was wrong. Not that all war is wrong. Mind you: the word pacifism covers a range of views. Not all pacifists are against all war.
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Pacifism is the opposition to war or violence as a means of settling disputes or gaining advantage. Pacifism covers a spectrum of views ranging from the belief that international disputes can and should be peacefully resolved; to calls for the abolition of the institutions of the military and war; to opposition to any organization of society through governmental force (anarchist or libertarian pacifism); to rejection of the use of physical violence to obtain political, economic or social goals; to the condemnation of force except in cases where it is absolutely necessary to advance the cause of peace; to opposition to violence under any circumstance, including defense of self and others.
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Given the highlighted sentence, Urbane's contention that under lethal attack 'pacifism' must be abandoned is somewhat erroneous.