I see I overstepped into something I hadn't intended.

Rude Pundit's post, which I skipped the first time, makes the context clear. I was twigging off your connection to Independence Day and felt like a counterpoint was needed, which of course was stupid of me to think that you'd think something like that.

The merits of our current war and its attendant moral consequences is a (scot)topic I'll leave to another day.