Talk:Aang/@comment-4301082-20110904205744/@comment-3068994-20110904215340

The Air Nomads DO respect all life, even the smallest of life. However, Aang didn't have a full realization of things...he was a bit blinded by some beliefs and didn't see the full picture. How's that? Air Nomads/airbending are/is very powerful. When life is threatened, they will defend it at all costs. Gyatso gave his all to do what he could to survive; though the enhanced Firebenders were too much for him.

Think about what they were doing with Aang. They were "training him in high level techniques" as "war was approaching" - they were sending him to the Eastern Air Temple to further his training and not be raised 'innocently' (hm...blinded view...I wonder why!), why did they do all this? They were going to have Aang fight off the Fire Nation, hold them back, should the war break out. They were training Aang to go to war if necessary.