"War is the continuation of politics." In this sense war is politics and war itself is a political action; since ancient times there has never been a war that did not have a political character.

“战争是政治的继续”,在这点上说,战争就是政治,战争本身就是政治性质的行动,从古以来没有不带政治性的战争。

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