“War itself is, of course, a form of madness. It’s hardly a civilized pursuit. It’s amazing how we spend so much time inventing devices to kill each other and so little time working on how to achieve peace.”

~Walter Cronkite.

Image: Library of Congress.

April 08, 2026 - 22:25 UTC

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The U.S. needs to decide if it wants to be Israel's mindless muscle in perpetuity. Israel broke the ceasefire deal within the day by raining terror on central Beirut, (included in the ceasefire document according to both Iran & Pakistan). There's a reason why we allies abstained. We are not stupid.
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Please explain who this “we” is to whom Walter referred.
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He saw it pretty close up.
americanarchive.iwm.org.uk/archive/person/walter-leland-cronkite
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