Ecc: 3; (1) To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven;...(3) a time to kill, a time to heal; a time to break down and a time to build up;... (7) a time to tear and a time to sew. A time to keep silence and a time to speak; (8) a time to love and a time to hate. A time for war and a time for peace.
Peace and conciliation have been tried.
Deut. 20:4 For the Lord your God is the One who goes with you to fight for you against your enemies to give you victory.
Thomas Jefferson: "When governments fear the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government." "I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery."