Beginning a war often seems to be much less complicated than reaching a peace agreement. We decide to begin a war and within days there are troops on the ground or air attacks being launched against the opponent. In contrast, ending the war is never easy. It involves bringing all of the powers of diplomacy to bear on the issues. It requires infinite patience, absolute commitment, and endless compromises. Peacemaking is a process. It rarely, if ever, happens overnight--unlike war.
When a country makes a decision to go to war against another country, the first stage of the war plan should be a peacemaking process. They should do whatever they would have done to end the war, and the chances are that they will never begin it.
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