simply cannot accept, until every possibility. how- ever slim has been exhausted, that a conflict its tragic as this should continue and grow, I4 144. I said earlier that this is the war that should not have happened. I repeat that with insistence. The dispute between Argentina and the United King- dom has many special features which should have made it possible to avert war and which should now make it possible to halt war once it has begun. 154. Secondly, we regard the initial armed inter- vention by Argentina as wrong. Our Prime Min- ister Mr. Haughey said in the lrish Parliament on If May: +- 145. In the first place, the United Kingdom and Argentina are not enemies-or were not enemies until this unresolved dispute between them turned to war. 146. In the second place, the issue in dispute in this case is the real and only cause of conflict. Else- where, and in other cases, the immediate cause of war may be small or trivial. But the reality quite often in such cases is that war is caused by deeper reasons, of ideology or of regional rivalry. This is not true in the present case. This conflict really is about a single issue. If that issue could be resolved on a satisfactory basis, the conflict would end. That means that here, more than in any other case in our time, there is a test of the systems and methods which the interna- tional community has evolved over a generation for settling disputes between nations. “The Irish Government have from the outset regarded the armed intervention by Argentina as contrary to the rule of law. Disputes between nations, of which there are many around the world, cannot be solved by the recourse to force. The 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a diplomatic statement or speech, addressing the conflict between Argentina and the United Kingdom. The language used is formal and diplomatic, with a focus on the rules of law, the international community, and the need to resolve the dispute peacefully. The text does not mention any specific economic, industrial, or technological issues, but rather emphasizes the importance of resolving the conflict through diplomatic means.

**Category**
International relations, Humanitarian aid and relief