ولكن موعد الحرب بدأ يعد بالأيام والساعات، وكأن الحرب قدر محتوم، وكأن الحرب مطلب شعبي في كل مكان من العالم وليس العكس.
However, we are now told that war is days, or hours, away. It is as if war were an inescapable fate, as if it were a popular demand in every part of the world rather than otherwise.