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As if you are trying to set up some poor ET editor to be attacked from all sides.
The trick, therefore, is to replace war, as much as possible, by more peaceful diplomatic, political, negotiated and democratic methods.
There is an increasing body of international law and institutions to promote and sometimes enforce it.
But as a Government leader you have to have very good reason to put your treasury and soldiers at risk - and unavoidably self-interest is a large part of it.
4. Do not tolerate presidents who violate our Constitution and start wars without congressional deliberation and a declaration of war (article 1, section 8, clause 11). Do not let them disobey federal statutes and international treaties in pursuing unlawful, misdirected quicksand wars, as in Iraq, that produce deaths, destruction and debts that undermine our country's national interests.
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