What we seek is peace and the absence of war, but then why do we choose war so often? It is because man loves war, contrary to his declaration otherwise. That is the debate undertaken here, the how and the why love and war are so intertwined.Wars are the deaths of republics, but don't we know that? President Madison warned, "No nation can preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare." We are in great need of a long interim of peace, that we may save ourselves, our country. In The Conscience of a Conservative, Barry Goldwater writes, "Is it so hard when we think of the risks that were taken to create our country? - Risks on which our ancestors openly and proudly staked their lives, their fortunes, and sacred honor." Will we do any less today to save our country with the avoidance of war, staking our lives, our fortunes and sacred honor?