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Originally Posted by Downthestretch55
I can only give you an answer that my Dad, a decorated WWII officer and "wise man" said to me. His words:
"Wars aren't settled on battlefields. That's where people go to die for their beliefs. They are settled when the ones that put them there sit down at a table."
My thought..."Talk first, listen twice."
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Very true! The problem is that the old men with the power aren't dying on the battlefield and neither are their sons so words such as "honor" and things such as religious BS have more importance to them than the cost in human life!