Hey, getting having a casus belli that can be passed around to buy you time to bomb a city long enough before someone intervenes, especially if you can’t singlehandedly deter many of the other armies to leave you alone, is a rare opportunity for small fish warmongers.
An act or event that provokes or is used to justify war.
A matter or occasion of war; an excuse or a reason for declaring war: as, the right of search claimed by Great Britain constituted a casus belli in 1812.
An act seen as justifying or causing a war.
(The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition)
I’ll tell you a secret: he doesn’t want to get the hostages back yet. They’re serving as a casus belli right now.
won’t somebody think of the warmongers?
Hey, getting having a casus belli that can be passed around to buy you time to bomb a city long enough before someone intervenes, especially if you can’t singlehandedly deter many of the other armies to leave you alone, is a rare opportunity for small fish warmongers.
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casus belli /kā″səs bĕl′ī, kä″səs bĕl′ē/
noun
An act or event that provokes or is used to justify war.
A matter or occasion of war; an excuse or a reason for declaring war: as, the right of search claimed by Great Britain constituted a casus belli in 1812.
An act seen as justifying or causing a war.
(The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition)