It took six months to come to this, but as our Senior White House Correspondent Charles Bierbauer reports, President Bush believed early on in this crisis that it would ultimately be settled with force.

我们花了六个月的时间才得出这个结论，但是正如我们的白宫高级记者查斯·比道的那样，布什总统在这场危机发生之初就坚信，此事件最终一定会诉诸武力。

The government reacting with force eventually rebels armed themselves started fighting back.

政府诉诸武力最终军武装自己开始反击。

People resolve conflicts between different countries primarily by means of peace talks, but sometimes it is necessary to resort to force.

人们主要通过和平谈判的手段来解决国与国之间的矛盾，但有时候有要诉诸武力。

Neither China nor any of the other countries involved wants these arguments to lead to violence.

无论是中国还是那些国家都不希望最受诉诸武力。

Crucially, though, the Nuremberg Trials re-established the importance of the rule of law and set a precedent for dealing with disputes by legal means rather than resorting to arms.

不过，纽伦堡审判重新确立了法治的重要性，并为通过法律手段而非诉诸武力来解决争端设立了先例。

We hope they will be able to resolve the situation without resort to force.

【resort】我们希望他们不用诉诸武力就能解决这个局面。

Instead of resorting to force, Roosevelt tried restricting trade.

罗斯福没有诉诸武力，而是试图限制贸易。

Police used to resort to force much more quickly, and the results were often not very pretty.

警方过去常常更快地诉诸武力，而结果往往不太好看。

An appeal to arms and to the God of hosts is all that is left us!

诉诸武力和战争之神！除此之外，别无选择。