"There seems nothing false about war. Loyalties are strong. The enemy is known. There are none of the subtleties and nuances of ordinary life; you're at the core of every feeling. Nothing else matters but to stay alive. And that's how I want to feel."
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Andrew talking about the evacuation from Haiti.
"We just showed Haitians that our lives are more valuable than theirs. The logic of the mission was ours, not theirs, and so is the logic of our retreat. "Tell us the truth and we'll seek justice" was our idea. "It's too dangerous and we must evacuate" is our privilege. Neither applies with the Haitians. A ship with soldiers arrives at the dock and exits the dock. Haitians have no exit."
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Andrew talking about the UN standing by and doing nothing in Bosnia (and Rwanda)
"If blue-helmeted UN peacekeepers show up in your town or village and offer to protect you, run. Or else get weapons. Your lives are worth so much less than theirs. I learned that the day we were evacuated from Haiti".
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Ken.
"I'm not ready to let the youthful part of myself go yet. If maturity means becoming a cynic, if you have to kill the part of yourself that is naïve and romantic and idealistic - the part of yourself you treasure most - to claim maturity, is it not better to die young but with your humanity intact? If everyone resigns themselves to cynicism, isn't that exactly how vulnerable millions end up dead?"
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