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Originally Posted by T-Rock
Furthermore there can be no question of genuine peace treaties with these nations; only truces, whose duration ought not, in principle, to exceed ten years, are authorized. But even such truces are precarious, inasmuch as they can, before they expire, be repudiated unilaterally should it appear more profitable for Islam to resume the conflict.
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IMO, this observation is not especially insightful. The view that the world has always been (and shall always be) a dangerous place filled with hostile nations is hardly a novel concept in American diplomatic, military, or naval history.