It is not about amusement. You are not clowns jumping around for anyone's fun; your job is to prove that they were wrong in misjudging you. To prove your superiority.

You might still find this undignified, or you might think our politicians are acting like fools. I am not going to disagree, for I understand how it looks from your point of view. But what is more important; your dignity, or the all the lives that would be lost if we do not succeed at stopping this war?