It is a false dichotomy to think that we can only be brash and reckless or do nothing, and I really wish people would stop using it to defend highly flawed, short-sighted military campaigns.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell