[djf]

It’s not improbable that some states, especially the big agricultural ones, might say the same, and chose not to be at war with anyone.

But sooner or later they get an armed contingent on their borders wanting their wheat or corn or whatever, so what cha gonna do?

[Antoninus II]

It’s not improbable that some states, especially the big agricultural ones, might say the same, and chose not to be at war with anyone. But sooner or later they get an armed contingent on their borders wanting their wheat or corn or whatever, so what cha gonna do?

As Kurt Rusell's character said in "Soldier". When he was asked what he would do to the military force coming to kill them, "I'm going to kill them all, sir"...