“War is not always inevitable. It is always a defeat for humanity. International law, honest dialogue, solidarity between states, the noble exercise of diplomacy: These are methods worthy of individuals and nations in resolving their differences. … War is never just another means that one can choose to employ for settling differences between nations.” — St. John Paul II
As the old saying goes, sometimes we can miss the forest for the trees.
It’s like the old story of a king who lived in a kingdom plagued by thievery. And the thieves weren’t just thieving, they were also smuggling what they stole out of the country. So the king decided to post guards at all the border crossings leading out of the country with orders to search everybody and everything that came through.