Fault line wars oscillate between extremism and renewed moderate compromise

Evidence

The victory of the extremists is not necessarily permanent. Extremist violence is no more likely than moderate compromise to end a fault line war. As the costs in death and destruction escalate, with little to show for them, on each side moderates are likely to reappear, again pointing to the “senselessness” of it all and urging another attempt to end it through negotiations. — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 739

As revolutions evolve, moderates, Girondins, and Mensheviks lose out to radicals, Jacobins, and Bolsheviks. A similar process tends to occur in fault line wars. Moderates with more limited goals, such as autonomy rather than independence, do not achieve these goals through negotiation, which almost always initially fails, and get supplemented or supplanted by radicals committed to achieving more extreme goals through violence. — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 738

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 739; Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 738