No war only harms the people who agree to take part in it. The morality of war has to be determined by weighing its cost against what would happen without it. Generally this boils down to comparing one amount of human lives to another amount of human lives. Morally, I don't think that one can just choose the option that results in the least amount of deaths.
War is never a morally justified solution, but it is sometimes the easiest or most effective one. As a person that tries to see the good in humanity, I like to believe that there is a nonviolent way to solve international disputes. That being said, I am not informed enough to suggest a detailed alternative. I suppose that a global replica of the UN would be the ideal scenario, with each participant being kept in line by their neighboring and international equals.
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