Bobert, an analogy to the 'striving for peace while preparing for war: When I finally knew I was going to quit smoking, for the first time I didn't make sure I had a closed pack on hand "just in case". All those times before, when I had tried to quit , obviously I knew, deep down, that I wasn't going to make it. Talk about lack of motivation!

My point is that if we know that war is unacceptable, totally out of the question, we will not go to war.