“Diplomacy matters. Burden-sharing matters. Follow-through matters. And yes, sustaining the peace is harder, more complex and often costlier than winning the war itself. No matter the surge of momentary machismo -- as gratifying as it may be for some -- it's short-sighted and wrong to simply go it alone.” MayWarMatterWinningHarderComplexesBurdenDiplomacyMomentarySustainingFollow ThroughShort SightedMachismo Author:Dick Gephardt
“American troops and American taxpayers are shouldering a huge burden with no end in sight because Mr. Bush took us to war on false premises and with no plan to win the peace.” WarEndsWinningPlansHugeSightBurdenTroopsTaxpayersPremisesAmerican Troops Author:Al Gore