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A sane person doesn't think war is a good idea. I'm not a pacifist. I feel that there are situations where fighting is inescapable, but we don't go looking for those things.

War is not a thing one wants.

I think, unfortunately, we live in a world where people attack other people and I think a legitimate rationale for war is the saving of human life, the saving of lives of people who cannot defend themselves.

War can be fun for certain people. It's a magnet for sadists, losers, and angry dreamers.

I feel like war should occur only for the most vital and necessary reasons, and only then.

First of all, war is a very, very difficult thing to deal with, even on the good days.

The major deterrent to war is in a man's mind.

My personal opinion is that if someone writes honestly about war, it will inherently be anti-war.

People have a very political way of looking at war, and that's understandable.

You could argue that war is always an irrational act, and yet many states enter into military conflict out of rational calculation or national interest or the stability or longevity of their regime.