Not that I really care, but since you brought it up.
I'm all for defending your friends/brothers/teammates, but that isn't what happened. This was grown men out for blood from an enemy. Don't hide behind the sorry excuse that you didn't start it.
And let me guess, you probably threaten the neighbors with bodily harm when their dog pees on your rose bushes, right? Just kidding. I was trying to come up with something as irrelevant and nonsensical as your opening salvo.
By the way it is "protect and defend" not "beat into submission"