Disraeli on the Peace Camp

Regarding the "peace camp", their criticizing from the sidelines, their claiming that America's undertaking in the Middle East has brought nothing but further tears and gnashing of teeth, and the numerous books (and weblogs) which support their (lack of) position, let us remember that today is the birthday of Benjamin Disraeli, the British statesman and author (1804-1881) who said:

How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.

Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.

Books are fatal: they are the curse of the human race. Nine-tenths of existing books are nonsense, and the clever books are the refutation of that nonsense. The greatest misfortune that ever befell man was the invention of printing.

As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information.