Truman and his people all believe that a second world war will occur, and Lynch laid out the worries they hesitated to express.
This time, they escaped disaster by relying on the escapism of the former President; what should they do next time?
Should they resort to escapism again to avoid war?
No, I fear escape is impossible.
Though the scale of this war is large, in reality, no nation has suffered severely in terms of interests, essentially due to two reasons.
First, transportation is inconvenient— even if certain places of an enemy nation are occupied, the vast spatial distance alone is enough to quickly lose control over some places. Stationing troops might be a solution, but how many troops would be enough to secure the safety of an occupied zone in a hostile country?
The hatred and enmity brought by war won't dissolve with the advent of peace; it will only ferment like wine in an oak barrel.
