Indeed, the conflict would become, if one can use the expression, more “normal” – no longer between an occupying power and an occupied people, but between two countries, two states, that disagree about a lot of issues, including borders, mutual relations, and control over populations.
Le conflit deviendrait alors, si l’on peut dire, plus « normal » - non plus entre une puissance occupante et un peuple occupé, mais entre deux pays, deux Etats, en désaccord sur de nombreuses questions, dont les frontières, les relations mutuelles et le contrôle des populations.