Daddy! Help, it’s a bug!!

Does it make a difference that Ender killed an entire species if that species happened to be bugs? I want to explore two aspects of this issue. One, in response to "Blink’s" last blog post, is that the Buggers are essentially genetic descendants of bugs, and the other is the Bugger mentality.
Blink said that "Bugs are the human’s natural enemies." I have to agree. As we said in class last week, bugs are scary-ass creatures. Most people seem to be terrified of bugs. It does not matter that they’re one-fiftieth of our size or that most of them can’t do squat to us, they’re scary. Now, I’m a liberal (in the international relations sense). I’m a "Yeah, the world is wonderful. People are essentially good. Let’s get rid of war, live in peace, and be happy (and then we can go frolic through fields while we’re at it!)." I oppose war (99%) of the time. My peace-loving, vegetarian self tells me that all life should be respected. In fact, some of my friends know me as the "bug savior". This is because when we used to be in class together and anyone saw a bug, I would say, "Stop being a wimp. It’s just a bug", pick up the bug (not with my hands, mind you), and take it outside. But, when it’s a big bug (by big bug I’m not talking about tiny spiders or lady bugs or even bees, I’m talking about big, creepy centipedes or cockroaches or flying things) I freak out. I go insane. The initial muscle spasm is followed by, "Dad!!!! (or whoever else happens to be around at the moment)…Can you get rid of this bug?? Please!!" When we’re talking big bugs, I’m not playing Mr. Nice Guy. They’re getting flushed down the toilet. The Buggers, those huge creatures that so resemble bugs, would freak me out!!! I’d be terrified! And it would be hard to convince myself not to kill creatures that looked so creepy (or get someone else to do it for me). As descendants of bugs, it was not surprising at all that the human race in Ender’s Game feared the Buggers.
Now, let’s step back and look at the Buggers mentality. These bugs had a hive-queen mentality. They all thought as one being. The Hive Queen was the mind and the different Buggers acted as parts of her body, as extensions of herself. If you were in the International Fleet’s shoes, wouldn’t it creep you out that the Buggers could act like one single organism? The Fleet would immediately see its obvious disadvantage of being composed of human beings, of individuals each possessing his own mind and feelings. But, the Buggers have one mind, and therefore, can act as a single unit. There is no fear of a soldier disobeying his commander or of troops failing to do as they are told. This is an obvious advantage over human beings. And as such, probably scared the beejesuz out of the International Fleet. If the earth was attacked again, the Fleet knew it would perish because its soldiers did not have the ability to respond instantly. Not to mention, the Buggers possession of superior technology. With its rational, strategic fear of the Buggers, and the rest of the planet’s irrational fear of them, the International Fleet was certainly justified in its actions.