Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
There are always two forces warring against each other within us.
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.
One thing we cannot put a number on is the number of casualties because people were never connected to their purpose in life.
My belief is that when the military is used as the sole instrument of power, that never has a good outcome. If there's no one to take ownership and develop that failed state, human suffering can be even worse than that created by the conflict itself.
To me, all war is failure for humanity, though it often is a bounty for commerce.
How few, since the foundation of the world, have found themselves in a position environed with public perils so numerous, oppressed with responsibilities so high and solemn, as yourself!
How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough to mend them.
Look, this job has always been a crucible of conflict.
Clashes of values and the struggle for primacy constitute a constant in human history that accounts for that other constant - conflict and war.
For instance, we're always fighting amongst each other. Who gives us the arms? And then we become indebted to wherever we are buying them from - with what? The very resources we need to keep there.
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