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'Never' is too much of a word. Nothing lasts forever.

Assuming China does not become destabilized and continues to grow, it will no doubt develop a military program in proportion to its resources.

If you are strong and fighting the weak, then if you kill your opponent then you are a scoundrel ... if you let him kill you, then you are an idiot.

A world without war is not in the cards.

Obviously, we don't want Iran to have nuclear weapons and I don't know if they're developing them, but if they're not developing them, they're crazy.

Thus knowing oneself is no less, and may be more, of a requirement than understanding the enemy.

In the future as in the past, both Clausewitz and Sun Tzu will undoubtedly have a lot to offer.

The problem is that you cannot prove yourself against someone who is much weaker than yourself.

War is the greatest fun man can have with his pants on.

Except when war is waged in a desert, noncombatants, also known as civilians or 'the people,' constitute the great majority of those affected.