"To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a desert, they call it peace."—Tacitus
(Photo source: United Nations Integrated Regional Information Networks report [3])

Shortly after attacking Iraq in March 2003, President Bush told wounded soldiers that "the war in Iraq is really about peace [4]." Now it seems that 'peace' is breaking out in Lebanon too. The Washington Post reports that "Bush sees a step to peace [5]" in the current "Mideast strife." According to White House counselor Dan Bartlett [6], "a moment of clarity has arrived."