[unclebucknasty]

War as policy and self-defense are two different things.

And, of course, the self-defense bit wouldn't be necessary if not for war.

Most of the push-back I've gotten on my comment that war is illegitimate is essentially some form of, "yes, but war happens". This is circular.

My point was not to deny the current reality of war or the need to reckon with it. It's that if "war is peace" is accepted as the unchallengeable law, then we will naturally have more war.

It's not the only way. It's just the current way.