Of course you are supposed to feel conflicted ! Erickson isn ' t going to give you a black and white , my protagonists are always morally righteous and make the right choices kind of a world . We live in the gray , therefore his characters do as well . You can sympathize and agree with them , or disagree and rather vote for the enemies of them sometimes it works out better for them based on various reasons given . Also , the Bridgeburners and other Malazans do what they must , for the Empress and for war . It ' s not always what we wish they would do . <| sep |> No . we can be out of it Jan 20 , 2017 . Ignore the agreements . POOF . done . Do you think that the majority of Americans care what the UN thinks of us ? How we operate ? Defund the UN and they will be too busy screaming to care about Paris agreements .