It is, after all, the human endeavor most associated with unintended consequences. To advocate military action out of sequence with other efforts, even if those efforts’ odds of succeeding are very long, is to ask a lot not only of the countries that are supposed to support it, but, more importantly, of the men and women who must wage it.
战争是一种严厉的手段，会导致严重的后果，这是克劳塞维茨在200年前就观察到的。亲身经历过战争的国家会比其他国家更能理解战争给子孙后代带来的痛苦。毕竟，战争充满着意外后果的人类活动。号召将武力排除于其他努力方式序列之外（即使这些努力的成功机会很小），不仅要求可能支持战争的国家这样做，更重要的是，也要求必须承担战争后果的人民这样做。