If it's going to save lives, give them the damn sandwich. If you're killing innocents to get to the bad guys, aren't you just as bad as them? Just because you were attacked first doesn't mean that you're not killing people!
I think we should focus on the preservation of life, you seem to think we should stand up to evil at all costs. That's the difference between our views.
Edit: I think it should be handled like a hostage situation. You don't just barge in, because then lives will be lost. You handle the situation delicately and negotiate. Also with a little force at the right moment to arrest the criminal. Barging in and killing the criminal and the hostage isn't a very good way of going about things.
Sure if you take out the bad guy and lose the hostage in the process you know no more lives will be lost that MIGHT have been lost, but the hostage is definitley dead. I don't think killing innocent people to prevent deaths that might happen is right.
