Others want the festering conflict settled permanently.
Now, as the conflict settles into a deadly war of attrition, it seems almost routine.
After the conflict settled, Hall remained on the series as "Kristin's friend".
In 2001, as the dust of conflict settled in Kosovo, one of the "first generation" dancers, Ahmet Brahimaj, decided to rebuild the ballet.
It is only after the conflict settles that truth becomes fixed in any sense, both for those involved and for future inquirers.
"All hope is not lost," M. Zay said, "to see conflicts settled by other means than those of violence".
Conflicts settled by gunfire are tragically common in New Orleans but there was nothing routine about this one: the dead man was retired football player Will Smith, a star on the 2006 Saints team that help lift the stricken city's spirits with a winning season after Hurricane Katrina, and on the team that won the franchise's only Super Bowl three seasons later.
Ultimately, only a resolution of the conflict will settle these matters.
The fighting was brief, but sympathisers on each side then used the conflict to settle differences over land, religion and much else.
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad warned that hostilities in Syria could engulf the region and accused some Syrians of trying to use the conflict to settle scores with Tehran.
