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Conventions of war are basically a “you scratch my back, I’ll scratch yours”. They’re ways to make wars less shit for countries without undermining the actual fighting too much.
Why not ban war? Because you want rules people might actually follow. If you banned all war, great! World peace! Until someone starts a war because it’s convenient, then all the rules go out the window.
When it comes to domestic issues, states don’t want others interfering. Everyone agrees not to interfere in internal affairs of other countries – that’s what sovereignty is. Violating that is usually an act of war.
Both sides of the same coin of countries’ governments acting in their own interests.
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