Shanghai Yummy

Any old fool can start a war.

What separates the truly great world leaders from the despotic is the ability to prevail in the persuit of national goals with diplomacy.

Diplomatic goals are achieved using a weapon far more powerful than any bomb, far more effective than any biological agent: the elegance of words. War is, very simply, a failure in the leadership of a nation.

That's right. A failure. If we start a war in Iraq, or anywhere else, I consider the leaders of this nation to have failed in their duties.

Executive Summary (for the President): War bad. We go to war, you fail.

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