Helplessness induces hopelessness, and history attests that loss of hope and not loss of lives is what decides the issue of war.
We have received credible reports that show a clear and consistent pattern: entire villages are looted, burned down and sometimes bombed. Large numbers of civilians have been killed and scores of women and children have been abducted, raped and tortured.
And when I go to see plays, I marvel at how people can do that. I've done it all my life, but I still find it mystical.

