The problem with belligerence is that it solves nothing. As long as fear and resentment
guide foreign policy, the issue remains, how do belligerents talk to one another and resolve differences?

The assumptions of what reputed "enemies" believe have to be brought into a rational
analysis, not a knee-jerk reaction. The problem is that those who are the most belligerent don't really know what their so-called "enemy" really thinks but assume all kinds of myths about them.

There are those who make money from wars. They need to be curtailed.

Frank