Peace comes through amity, comity, deterrence, victory, or surrender. When you have intransigent enemies — enemies who are dedicated to the demise of your civilization — the only available options are deterrence, victory, or surrender. When those enemies are fanatical, the only options are victory or surrender.
Those who merely wish for peace — but who are unwilling to fight for it (or support the fight for it) — have opted for the peace of surrender.
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