You can do a lot with diplomacy, but with diplomacy backed up by force you can get a lot more done.

Landmines are among the most barbaric weapons of war, because they continue to kill and maim innocent people long after the war itself has ended. Also, fear of them keeps people off the land, and thus prevents them from growing food.

Sadly, a prize for peace is a rarity in this world. Most nations have monuments or memorials to war, bronze salutations to heroic battles, archways of triumph. But peace has no parade, no pantheon of victory.

The US-led invasion of Iraq was an illegal act that contravened the UN charter.

The war on drugs has failed in West Africa and around the world