We all love “peace” – if we can have it with safety and security, without being overcome by worse results and our enemies.
We all hate war because it means death and destruction, disruption of our lives and our families, and great cost.
We Americans engage in war only to avoid worse consequences.
We knew World War II in Europe was over when Nazi Germany was defeated and surrendered in April of 1945.
We knew World War II in the Pacific was over when two U.S. nuclear bombs brought the surrender of Imperial Japan in August 1945.