A state of war only serves as an excuse for domestic tyranny.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
War implies a lack of comprehension of mutual national interests; it means the undermining and even the end of culture.
You could argue that war is always an irrational act, and yet many states enter into military conflict out of rational calculation or national interest or the stability or longevity of their regime.
In general, states do not count on pledges of 'no more war' from their neighbors. Israel's army never counted on it from Egypt, for example.
There are only two cases in which war is just: first, in order to resist the aggression of an enemy, and second, in order to help an ally who has been attacked.
There is no instance of a nation benefitting from prolonged warfare.
Preventing a war is tantamount to winning a war.
Wars such as those which have occurred in Iraq only allow hatred, violence and terror to proliferate.
The only defensible war is a war of defense.
War is not, in itself, a condition so much as the symptom of a condition - that of international anarchy.
War is regarded as nothing but the continuation of state policy with other means.