And, perhaps most importantly, regional conflicts will again and again confront us with a cruel choice between costly engagement and costly indifference.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Let us move from the era of confrontation to the era of negotiation.
Our enemies and allies alike must know that aggressors will pay an unspeakable price for challenging the United States. The best way to impose that price is global military dominance.
If you want to bring an end to long-standing conflict, you have to be prepared to compromise.
When you think of all the conflicts we have - whether those conflicts are local, whether they are regional or global - these conflicts are often over the management, the distribution of resources. If these resources are very valuable, if these resources are scarce, if these resources are degraded, there is going to be competition.
Nothing will ensure war more certainly or entrench rivalries more seriously than for or against thinking!
I will end the history of division and conflict through reconciliation and fairness.
I think most conflicts do end with negotiated settlements; some don't, but most do.
There are always two forces warring against each other within us.
You never want conflict. But sometimes conflict is inevitable.
Conflicts are never caused in any simple way by identity, culture or economics. Where resources are scarce, or there are strong historical memories of conflict, small events are more likely to inflame passions.