Well, no Fionn, actually wars are about a lot of different things, most often acquistion of territory, sometimes racial or political differences. What I'm talking about is the natural human urge to strike out against aggression and iniquity, and the sometime human urge to wrest gain unfairly from the defenseless. Example: If you think that it would have been a better plan for the British to co-exist with a Nazi Empire in Europe because it would have somehow contained the Soviet Union, and because Hitler was pressured into executing 6 million Jews instead of exiling them, then I think you need to re-evaluate your revisionism. The only thing peaceful co-existence would have bought was more of Chamberlain's "Peace in our time", and the opportunity for Hitler to consolidate his gains and pursue his Final Solution even more thoroughly. Do YOU really think that's a rational argument for avoiding war?

Peace through compromise and understanding is a noble aim, but when the Bully is possessed of awesome force and the willingness to use it, compromise will never stop or satisfy him, and unwillingness to risk war only results in submission.