Thanks for the post
I would have missed it otherwise.
It seems to me that they actually have a great deal to offer each other...offering to produce fewer dead bodies would be an excellent start. But the price to be paid--mutual respect; extending the hand of friendship; cooperation and sharing--are claerly far too dear for the peace they might bring.
I think the old saying "life is cheap" is clearly wrong. It's death that's cheap...life, on the other hand, is so expensive some refuse to pay the price to acheive it.