If the three Asunos' standpoints in the war are represented on a political spectrum:
Left----------------Centre----------------Right
Flit-----------------Asemu-----------------Kio
Flit: insists on exterminating the Vagans before the war can come to an end, even those innocents which he claim should be faulted simply because they follow a tyrant.. like they have any choice
oh..he's a leftist because his views are the most extreme, as if there's no way to end the war unless you change the demographics on Mars by eradicating the Vagans.
Kio: most conservative out of the three, as contact with the Vagans left a lasting impression on him. wouldn't even lay a finger on the Vagans even if that means sacrificing himself (I think)
Asemu: the political realist, understands that there's no way to stop the fighting unless one side is completely exterminated (barring the nonsense Kio is about to conjur), so aims to maintain the status quo which is basically the best you can bargain for in times of war.
If I was a voter (a rational one), I guess I would go for Asemu. But the downside is that preserving the status quo means giving up every opportunity to negotiate or fight for an end to the war. Atrocities would continue to inflict both sides, deepening their hatred for each other, kept apart only by the pirates' intervention. Surely a time would come when such ill-feelings can't be contained any longer..