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You cannot have peace by coercion. Period. It will either be an illusion or delusion.

• RestlessMind 7y ago
  There are many instances in history where coercion was required to bring peace, especially in "bad situations" ranging from war to insurgencies to domestic terrorism. Most notable examples: Germany in 1945, Japan in 1945, counterinsurgency in Iraq in 2007-08, rooting out LTTE in Sri Lanka in 2009.
  • sifar 7y ago
    May be I should have clarified a bit more. I am talking about coercion of the native populace of an internal region by its own government. The first two were global conflicts. The last one may qualify but again it is a self-serving cycle. You create a situation which leads to a region revolting and then you need to pacify it through force.
• cmonnow 7y ago
  Heard of https://peacekeeping.un.org/en https://peacekeeping.un.org/en ? The only people complaining about it are the ones who aren't benefited by it.