[punster]

"The responses I get from my peacenik co-workers is "War is never the answer" "Isn't there another way to disarm Hussein?" "We have no right to overthrow a leader of another nation" yada yada yada."

They try to tell everyone, "Violence never solves anything."
The truth is: Violence has settled more disputes than diplomacy. Author and philosoppher, Robert Anson Heinlein, had one of the characters, in 'Starship Troopers', make a famous quote on the subject. Heinlein suggested that we have Napoleon and the Duke of Wellington debate the subject.

Another truth: War is the extension of diplomacy. When no agreement is reached, the next stage of negotiations is war. There was a good line about that in the Star Wars II, 'The Attack of the Clones'.

Of course, I have given myself away as a science fiction fan.

[FreeperinRATcage]

Yup...then that clown Vandeerhoven (or something) got rights to the damn book and trashed something that coulda been great.

I'm still pissed.

[FreedomPoster]

>>They try to tell everyone, "Violence never solves anything."

As my sign at the Atlanta Rally for America read:

War Never Solved Anything!
Except slavery, Fascism, Nazism, and Communism.

Love the Heinlein references. I really need to go re-read a bunch of his work I read as a teen. He was amazingly prescient.

[Green Knight]

So what were the quotes? I don't remember the line you're referring to in Attack of the Clones and I've never read Starship Troopers (Too put off by the piece of crud movie).