>People seem to forget that the way to stop wars is to make the so costly as to not be worth it, which you don't do by showing restraint. You increase the cost

>People seem to forget that the way to stop wars is to make the so costly as to not be worth it, which you don't do by showing restraint. You increase the cost of war by increasing the wealth of both sides. People with nothing spend their lives more easily than people with much.