Bismarck's Dictum

"Woe to the leader whose arguments at the end of a war are not as plausible as they were at the beginning."

(extracted from "Diplomacy" by Henry Kissinger p. 217)

A long term and solid justification (or reason) for any choice should also be a prerequisite to any human-to-human war.

Carpe Diem,

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