As long as nuclear weapons exist, the chances of survival of the human species are quite slight.

The basic principle is that the losers have to confess, not the victors. When they do it, it's a crime. When we do it, it's not. And more generally, it's the defeated who are tried, not the victors.

The American escalation of the war in Laos provoked a response by the Communist forces, which now control more of Laos than ever before.

Take the US. Women were not even able to vote until 90 ago, at about the same time they gained the right in Afghanistan. Rights of former slaves were very limited until the 1960s, and in some ways still are. In these and other domains there has been progress in democracy, though still seriously flawed. In other dimensions - the control of concentrated wealth over the political process, for example, things have gotten much worse in recent years. And there is much more, in both directions.

In 1962, war was avoided by Khrushchev's willingness to accept Kennedy's hegemonic demands.

The entire socioeconomic system is based on production for profit and a growth imperative that cannot be sustained.

Well before September 11, it was understood that with modern technology, the rich and powerful will lose their near monopoly of the means of violence and can expect to suffer atrocities on home soil.