Why is that? Because, in theory, war has the finite objective to put an end to conflict. Warring factions finally clash and have it out, and one the dust settles, peace can ensue. It's like the classic school yard scrap, and once all the hooting and hollering is over, everybody just goes home.
Unfortunately, war on the global scale is much more messy. People die. Cities are destroyed. Innocent people suffer. The destruction of war decimates the civilian population, all the while lining the coffers of the war machine, and the coffins of brave young souls.
War is a terrible thing, but it is not as dangerous or destructive as perpetual conflict.
Perpetual conflict is driven by an ideological battle that is rooted in opposite beliefs. Perpetual conflict means there will be no peace, not now, not someday soon, not ever. Perpetual conflict fuels perpetual wars, pushing humanity further still, toward genocide and the elimination of entire cultures.
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