> What I'm trying to say is that I believe that the problems, which historically have been rightly and/or successfuly adressed by going to war, could have been avoided entirely with foresight. While we of course have the benefit of hindsight in these cases, I don't think that the current conflict has come as a surprise to anyone.
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> julian

Okay, so how should we have solved this problem before it began? How should we solve it now? I want a real answer, not just "we need to understand the problems." I fully understand WHY this is happening, but I don't know how we could have peacefully solved it in advance.

Stephen