We will not know for some time, but the debaters should recall Thucydides’ warning more than two millennia ago that belief in the inevitability of conflict can become one of its main causes. Each side, believing it will end up at war with the other, makes reasonable military preparations that are read by the other side as confirmation of its worst fears.
谁是谁非？我们暂时还不得而知，但是争论者们应该想起修西底德（Thucydides）在两千多年前的警告，持有战争必然发生的信念会成为导致战争的主要原因。由于任何一方都相信争端最终要以战争方式结束，就会采取合理的军事准备，而这在另一方看来证实了他们的担忧。