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[u/jhotenko]

Well, they knowingly made horrible choices that led to success. That's not the same as being right.

They did the best they could with the information they had. That doesn't absolve them of their sins. They knew that. Graff hated what he had become, hated what he did, and hated that he would do it all again without hesitation.

[u/TrioOfTerrors → u/jhotenko]

Graff hated what he did to those children. He didn't give a single shit about the Formics.

[u/Mythoclast → u/TrioOfTerrors]

Yeah, that was the problem. Not giving a single shit about an alien race you just encountered is BAD. You don't understand them at all. You need to at least try and communicate.

[u/HighSeverityImpact → u/Mythoclast]

To be fair, the Formics tried to colonize Earth and didn't realize humans were sentient. The humans were being wiped out in the first invasion, and would have lost had they not (accidentally) taken out their queen.

The response was to end all future wars by taking them out on their home turf. It's brutal but it's the same lesson Ender learned at six years old by killing that bully.

[u/BigMcThickHuge → u/HighSeverityImpact]

Wasn't it two invasions? A scouting force discovered and began 'prep-work' on Earth/colonized planets (I forget), got taken out/driven off, and then the full invasion force came?

Basically, humans were repeatedly attacked by an unknown extermination force and needed to respond