I think it's pretty obvious that war does not bring peace. What good is peace anyway if you have to go to war to maintain it? Doesn't sound very peaceful to me. --eestlinc

If a few weeks or months or years or war can bring decades of peace, then it's worth it. The only reason this country still exists is because people have been willing to fight for it for the past couple hundred years. The only reason this country was even formed was because we fought for our independence. The only reason England exists is because they fought off their enemies for hundreds of years. You can trace it back in history forever if you wanted. When faced with an aggressor, there are two choices: win and live, or lose and die. Deciding not to fight at all is equivalent to the second choice. Non-violent resistence to violence fails as soon as the violent side decides not to honor your supposed moral superiority, and why should they?