Peace without force is fantasy. On Feb 28, Operation Epic Fury hit missile infrastructure and air defenses, and the world pretended to be shocked by what deterrence looks like in daylight. The counterargument writes itself: leadership targeting will inflame Tehran, invite retaliation, and poison diplomacy. Yes, and the rebuttal is uglier: diplomacy was already poisoned by rockets, proxies, and deadlines that never meant anything. In Advaita terms, everyone wants the clean self and the dirty world to be separate, but they are not. If Hormuz closes for even a week, the poor in India do not eat philosophies, they eat prices. I would rather have a short storm now than a permanent drizzle of fear later. Do not mistake restraint for virtue when it is only indecision. Call it brutal if you like, but war is already a fact, and pretending otherwise is the most expensive illusion.