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This debate sounds like some of the rounds we had during history courses over the reasons and justifications of several different wars. Also some interpetations over who started the Second World War and why and with whom. I'm not talking about the war in Europe either...I mean the longer war in Asia and the Pacific...you know, the one that started in 1931 China and lasted until 1945 (or even the mid-1970s for a few unlucky souls that never got their orders to stand down). Those debates can really mess with your head and notions you might have from your current history textbooks.
Same problem. Who started it and why? It isn't always a matter of who shot first if the one that shot first was provoked into shooting. Sometimes the first shot isn't what starts the war. It could the the thousandth shot...it was just the first one that was really noticed, or had a civilian impact. It could also be years between the first shot and the real start of the war. Some wars are like that. One just has to figure out (hopefully in the next two episodes) just what is going on and perhaps the truth behind this conflict.
As for the double standard....that is normal in war. Propaganda works, and some people are wired to see things certain ways and others see it differently. Sometimes that is the cause of a war.
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