They never have many ideas as to how to stop Raging Terrorists.
Neither did Merton, who was one of the best poets of the 20th century.
Too bad.
“Pacifism is objectively pro-fascist. This is elementary common sense. If you hamper the war effort of one side, you automatically help out that of the other. Nor is there any real way of remaining outside such a war as the present one. In practice, ‘he that is not with me is against me.’”
— George Orwell