The "peace party" thinks any risk of war, great or small, is in supportable.
"If there are civilians," Jaffar says, "even Muslim civilians... well, that is the risk of war".
Mr. Blix said he would not carry out "provocative" inspections that would the risk of war.
He urged both nations to continue to take steps to reduce the risk of war.
"We're into lowering the risk" of war, the official said, "not raising it".
The risk of war seems remote and a historic settlement with Pakistan seems possible.
President Clinton pledged that North Korea would not get the bomb "even at the risk of war".
"Stock prices have jumped like crazy, but there are concerns about the risk of war," he added.
Militias now cover up massacres by hiding bodies in wells to reduce the risk of war crimes prosecutions.
A bold stroke, even at the risk of war, seemed the only way out of the double impasse.
Still, there is growing concern, even among hawkish analysts, that pressure, without any dialogue, raises the risk of war.
