Recently I was chatting with some friends about our domestic problems, arguing where the money would come from, and I politely suggested we take it from the armed forces. I went on to say we'd be much better off without a military anyway. When their mouths dropped open in astonishment, I was able to explain that I believed that without a military we'll be forced to settle disagreements and disputes in a civil and diplomatic manner, as befits a moral nation in a civilized world.
Wars just keep fueling each other in a never-ending cycle as each wrong sets the stage for the next.
People oppose the murder of a single person on principle, but if hundreds of thousands are slaughtered, those same people cheer. No cause, no matter how righteous, is worth killing for. This is not a new, radical thought. When my friends finally recovered from their shock and were able to speak, they demanded that we need a military to defend ourselves. I asked in response.