In support of McGrath's perspective, Klausewitz affirms that the purpose of war is to briong about a more amenable frame of mind on the part of the enemy. That is why hot war is such a pisspoor solution and a last resort. Killing people's neighbors and relatives tends to make them much more intransigent; overwhelming brutality is overwhelming, true, but it is probably the most expensive way there is to change someone's mind.

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