Quotes of the Day

QOTD: Three by Peter Worthington

Since Vietnam, we like to think a negotiated peace is more permanent than peace by force of arms.

This is patently false. Wars usually have to be won before peace with security is possible.

...what is irrefutable is that from its controversial creation in 1948, Israel, above all else, wants peace and security while its enemies want it destroyed, even if it means suicide.

"The 'peace of the brave' that Arafat spoke of in 1993 is available only to the brave, not to the murderers of schoolchildren and bus passengers. Now it's time for the 'peace of the just,' which begins with the defeat and punishment of the unjust."