I feel most empires fell when they started to act human but then look at Russia. They kept a pretty strong hand and they fell from Afghanistan alone because Afghanistan is the graveyard of empires. I guess you just can't sustain it.
So instead of talking about theoretical ways of ending the war and violence...
But the wicked passions of men's hearts alone seem strong enough to leave...
Like many intellectuals he was incapable of saying a simple thing in a simple way.
