war quote

I just read a funny quote:

“Except for ending slavery, fascism, Nazism & communism, war has never solved anything.”

It came from an article about Joel Surnow (creator of the TV show 24) in the New Yorker. I thought it was funny, as Surnow is obviously very anti-liberal. I will disagree with the part about war ending communism though. Wasn't it internal rot with brought down the Soviet Union? And China & North Korea are still alive and well. (North Korea maybe isn't so well). Perhaps some wars are unavoidable...



edit: That quote reminded me of another quote, which was very funny, from the movie Life of Brian:

"All right, but apart from the sanitation, medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh water system and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us?"

Well, it's funnier in context. Just watch the movie :)