In Dr. Seuss's controversial children's story, The Butter Battle Book, two factions who oppose each other for petty reasons create ever-more-elaborate weapons with which to threaten each other. Eventually each faction develops a weapon that can destroy the other side utterly. Although perhaps not obvious to the children who read the story, The Butter Battle Book mirrors the arms race of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union that took place between the late 1940s and roughly 1990. Through the story Seuss makes a serious statement against the Cold War's necessity. Which statement most accurately describes the inference the author is making and the historical context on which the inference is based?​