There is nothing so exhilarating in life as to be shot at without effect. But as soon as the diplomats step in the result is unadulterated stupidity. A single death is a tragedy. A million deaths is a statistic. They do it by falling in love with warriors and heroes.
Men know it and respond with enthusiasm.
The Crusaders marched off to war with ladies favors in their helmets. The heroes sliced up adults and baked infants on spits, all the while thinking of how the damsels back home would admire their bravery. Indeed, I think that people want peace so much that one of these days governments had better get out of the way and let them have it. There is no monument dedicated to the memory of a committee. No statue has ever been erected over a critic.