But she isn't putting anyone at risk. The witches in question aren't the threat, the only role they play is one of them is being an idiot because of pride. Basically the demons and vampires are saying "Tell me about this or we'll kill you all." the witch leader is saying "That's too embarrassing to me, I'm not going to own up to it and they'll kill us anyway if I do." (And she's right about that, btw) And Ley is saying "Genocide as a response is WAY too extreme."
And people somehow think that's whining. And you are adding your two cents that if a person sticks to what they believe without backing down they're whining. Isn't that basically what you're saying?
Ok, you clearly haven't completely grasped the situation.
The "threat" comes from the other realms, especially the Dragon realm, and displaying weakness to anyone.
See, Terran is allied with the Demon realm and the Faerie realm (or whatever they are) against common enemies. The Dragons being chief among them. This isn't an alliance based on friendship (despite the 3 leaders being "friends") so much as an alliance based on necessity and survival against more powerful foes.
The Witches are basically a vassal state of the Demons and they've mounted a rebellion against their rulers. This rebellion is essentially bloodless at the moment because of how Demons work and the contract that Ba'el managed to get bound with. Now that he's free of that contract he aims to crush the rebellion and wants his allies to assist him. While Terran may not technically be bound to do so based on the terms of the alliance (we don't know exactly how it's written), not assisting him will be a slap in the face and weaken the alliance, possibly ruining it altogether.
Without the alliance, Terran would suddenly find themselves at war with the Dragon realm (who are apparently not terribly polite), and even possibly against their former allies or perhaps other realms. It's a show of weakness to not stand with your allies in a war, and it's also a show of weakness for the future ruler of the realm to hesitate to bring the full fury of their realm to bear on an enemy because his mate says so, AND for the future ruler to undermine the current ruler, his mate's father, because she doesn't want to get her hands dirty.
The Witches are not an actual "threat" to the Terran realm themselves. In a war they'd be defeated and wiped out and while they would inflict casualties, they would likely be minimal to moderate at best. They are, however, harboring / shielding what amounts to a terrorist that attempted regicide and an insurrection against Terran. They cannot let that stand and have cause for war as a result, just like the Demons do for the rebellion. And if Terran doesn't stand with the Demons, Ba'el may turn around and invade Terran himself, and THAT would result in some damage. Not to mention the Dragons who have the power to take out Terran on their own.
These realms are not going to be sitting around singing kumbaya together, being ruthless and worthwhile allies is the only thing that will keep them all together and safe from external threats.
And no, "sticking to your guns" isn't whining, but that's not what she's doing. She isn't voicing well thought out counterpoints or arguments, she's just constantly saying "but this is bad, because it's mean and I don't wanna do it!" over and over and not even considering the other side of the issue or offering anything even remotely resembling a plausible alternative.
