Soldiers, When Committed To A Task, Can't

The Great Chinese Classics Have Always Said That It's Better Not To Fight; That The Clever Man Achieves His Ends Without Violence; That A Battle Delayed Is Better Than A Battle Fought.

Men Killing Other Men Really Is An Extraordinary Phenomenon. Why Does It Happen? And How Long Has It Gone On? And Have The Motives Changed?

Of Whatever Class Or Nation, However, All Successful Participants In The Repetitive And Unrelenting Stress Of Aerial Fighting Came Eventually To Display Its Characteristic Physiognomy: Skeletal Hands, Sharpened Noses, Tight-drawn Cheek Bones, The Bared Teeth Of A Rictus Smile And The Fixed, Narrowed Gaze Of Men In A State Of Controlled Fear.

The Islam Of The 18th, 19th And First Half Of The 20th Century Was A Poor Thing. Nobody Bothered About It. Islam Was That Funny Sort Of Pure System Of Beliefs That Depressed People In The Middle East Held As Their Religion.

It's A Necessary Quality Of A Diplomat Or A Politician That He Will Compromise. Uncompromising Politicians Or Diplomats Get You Into The Most Terrible Trouble.