Chip Hauss

War is not inevitable.

I don't know if we have a tendency toward violence "built into" us genetically. I hope not, but sometimes I think so.

But, war is not inevitable in at least two ways.

First, as scholars have been finding for a decade or more, the number of wars is down. Still too high. Still too bloody. But down.

Second, going to war is a choice made by societies and governments. It's a choice we don't have to make.