Because otherwise it would be an act of war. At which point they might as well have just fired a rocket into the country.
finish the thought: this means you need to retaliate. You either step up and hit back, or look weak and invite further problems.
random vandals -- that's just local scumbags being scumbags. These things happens, no need to start WWIII
> You either step up and hit back, or look weak and invite further problems.
The latter is exactly what the western world did in 2014, and its why we have this much larger war now.
finish the thought: this means you need to retaliate. You either step up and hit back, or look weak and invite further problems.
random vandals -- that's just local scumbags being scumbags. These things happens, no need to start WWIII
> You either step up and hit back, or look weak and invite further problems.
The latter is exactly what the western world did in 2014, and its why we have this much larger war now.