Ideology of Peace
PEACE AND VIOLENCE
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cannot do otherwise than kill a large number of
non-combatants along with the combatants. In
reality, therefore, it is well-nigh impossible to meet
this condition.
This shows that, in practice, man has only two
options in present times: either he refrains from war
on the grounds that the observance of humanitarian
provisos is impracticable. Or else he commits the
crime of hurling himself headlong into war,
callously ignoring all humane considerations.
When we delve deeper into the matter, we discover
another important truth. We now find that in
present times, on the one hand, circumstances are
such as do not allow us to meet all the desirable
conditions of waging war, while, on the other hand,
such resources have been made available by the
industrial revolution as permit us to achieve our
goals by purely peaceful means. Indeed, we may
expect to win far greater victories today by peaceful
means than could have been done in ancient times
by waging war. It must be conceded that war, as
fought in former ages, has been rendered a futile
exercise by the modern industrial revolution.
