Homer opined that war is part of the human condition. We are a warlike people.
I am not such a fatalist.
I believe in free will to the extent that it was not written in stone that a war had to happen as a result of the attacks of 9/11.
That's too easy. Too simple and it justifies too much evil.
I am not a fatalist, I am a reality based person who realizes that things are the way they are and you are not going to change them.
Wars have and will be fought forever, whether you like it or not.
Even as recently as pre-WW2, Nevllle Chamberline tried desperately to avoid war with Hitler, look how that worked out???
The best way to avoid war is through projecting strength to your enemies. Have you ever read Sun Tzu are of war?
Bin Laden himself stated that after not responding to the attacks of the Cole, WTC 1993, Kobar Towers, running scared in Somalia, that America is a paper tiger afraid to use its strength.
By projecting weakness in the 1990's, the terrorists became bold enough to pull off 9/11.