In a modern war, fought with modern weapons and on the modern scale, neither side can limit to 'the enemy' the damage that it does. These wars damage the world. We know enough by now to know that you cannot damage a part of the world without damaging all of it. Modern war has not only made it impossible to kill 'combatants' without killing 'noncombatants,' it has made it impossible to damage your enemy without damaging yourself.

National defense through war always involves some degree of national defeat. This paradox has been with us from the very beginning of our republic. Militarizat…

Our century of war, militarism, and political terror has produced great-and successful-advocates of true peace, among whom Mohandas Gandhi and Martin Luther Ki…

If you know even as little history as I do, it is hard not to doubt the efficacy of modern war as a solution to any problem except that of retribution-the 'jus…

'I think in this case international law stood in the way of doing the right thing.' (2003)

...in fact, the war against Iraq is continuing. And it's continuing now by the means which the administration described as contemptible and useless, when they …

I am not proud of the part I played in it. I did it because it was necessary for the safety of this country. That's why I am such a great exponent of stopping …