This place has been a mess for a long time, but a different kind of mess. The war was messy, the decade that preceded the war was messy, the history back to 1912 was messy ... and the task is immense,
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He was a communist opportunist and became an opportunistic nationalist. His actions led to the deaths of over 300,000 people, four wars, the instability in Europe, creation of criminal gangs ... he was never going to see daylight again and that was appropriate and now he's gone.Richard Holbrooke
If the two sides don't want to go to war, it is quite possible for them to avoid it through diplomacy and a little bit of good will, ... If, on the other hand, they want to go to war ... nothing we do can prevent it.
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