day no. 15,118: the end state

"In examining any proposed end state, we must consider whether it guarantees an end to the fundamental problems that brought on the struggle in the first place, or whether instead it leaves in place the seeds of further conflict. If the latter, we must ask whether the chosen method of termination permits our unilateral resumption of military operations." -- MCDP 1-2: Campaigning

If the goal of any conflict is to end the conflict as soon as possible, you are only sowing the seeds of future conflict. Conflicting wills do not simply go away because the combat of hashing it out is inconvenient. Whatever elements led to the flash point will remain if the combat does not persist to the point of stamping out the variable that led to the vitriol. 

The goal of conflict should NOT merely be to end the conflict, but to diffuse the bombs which made the conflict necessary. If you call for a peace treaty before the matters which caused the war have been addressed, you are only pausing the war, not ending it.

If an end to the fundamental problems is not reached, you must consider how the current cease fire affects your ability to begin firing on all cylinders again when future fighting invariably erupts. 

James 4:1-2
What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you? You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel.