Oh, that's for sure, common purpose. But different people will always have a different way for that purpose. Some people might think that elimination of others will bring peace, while others are completely diplomatic, while others are completely in-between, diplomacy when possible, war when diplomacy failed. Or war when possible, and diplomacy when possible.

Which comes to another thing; for a very peace-loving nation, why is it that the Equestrians are [u]threatening[/u] others with war??