I mean I don't know, Ike is a pretty smart guy...
He's using the whole philosophy that gets people killed. "He did it to me so I have EVERY RIGHT to do it to him!"
Seriously, take a look at your history books for a second. After all, one of the main purposes of learning history is to look at our previous forgetups and don't do them again.
What Ike is saying isn't "smart", it's unnecessary.