An Appropriate Thought
With all the news on war and the charges against American troops of killing civilians at Haditha, here's a quote that I thought would be worth considering:

"It is well that war is so terrible, or we should grow too fond of it."
--Robert E. Lee

And one from a former Israeli foreign minister that somehow seems applicable as well:

"History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives."
--Abba Eban