“Diplomacy in general does not resolve conflicts. Wars end not due to peace processes, but due to one side giving up.”
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In the long term, the United States could greatly benefit Islam by uniquely freeing the religion from government constraints and permitting it to evolve in a positive, modern direction. But that's the long term.
Take away the violence and who will hear the men of peace?
When I look back on my childhood, I think of that short time in Beirut. I know that seeing the city collapse around me forced me to grasp something many people miss: the fragility of peace.
I have never advocated war except as a means of peace.
