(Observer-UK) Elie Wiesel - I find war repugnant. All wars. I know war's monstrous aspects. But with a heavy heart I ask: what is to be done? Do we have the right not to intervene, when we know what passivity and appeasement will make possible? If the U.S., supported by the UN Security Council, is forced to intervene, it will save victims who are already targeted, already menaced. And it will win. The U.S. owes it to us, and owes it to future generations. As the great French writer Andre Malraux said, victory belongs to those who make war without loving it.
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