Nice try on the part of JP, but they want war and will incite it, while pretending not to, so they can get away with being the victims once it starts.

This is the nature of Evil. It pretends to be the victim while being the one responsible for pushing for violence, so that it can then claim to be the victim, and the vicious cycle can only end in death. I don't think there is a compromise, and the only way to break the cycle is some kind of catharsis event that makes the masses snap out of their sheep group think.