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Is it "awesome" to crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of the women?
Is it "awesome" to be the one who gets crushed?
Given you have enemies you hate deeply enough? Yes.
Having such enemies in the first place? Definitely not.
There are entire cultural systems of tracking prestige based around having such enemies; the vestiges of them survive today as modern "macho" culture. Having enemies to crush mercilessly, and then doing so, is an excellent way to signal power to third parties.