Barry

The question is framed too vaguely. At present the answer is yes. For the (possibly distant) future, the answer is no. The difference is in education and, to some extent, economics. As education teaches people the advantages of non-warlike means of settling disputes, military responses will increasingly fall out of favor. Democratic forms of government will make this more likely. The role of economics is important because the more people rise out of poverty and into middle class lifestyles and have more to lose, the less likely they will support governments that pursue military solutions.