Convincing empirical evidence for the peace-interest hypothesis is a tall order as controlling for all the other factors which make for war or peace is difficult.
The American people deserve to know whether the president is making war and peace decisions based on reliable information.
Senator Claire McCaskill is calling the FAA out on its authorization of pilots to use iPads in the cockpit and flight attendants to use devices of their own, while restricting passengers from reading books on e-readers -- "A flying copy of 'War and Peace' is more dangerous than a Kindle, " she told the Times.
But the general isn't going to war -- his mission is peace.
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Our alliance, forged in war, is now a cornerstone of peace, security and prosperity for all of Northeast Asia.
It is peace, not war, that is likely to be his eventual undoing.
"You cannot bring peace by fighting - war is not the answer, " he told me.
"It is much easier to manage war than peace, " says Misuari, contemplating the task ahead.
But the peace camp is at war now, side by side with those it has long excoriated as warmongers.
But as I have consistently stated throughout this presidency, it is this is a necessary war to secure our peace.
If it now confronts a messy war and a messy peace, it is largely because it resorted to force with such inadequate preparation.
Out of bitter necessity, Germany is making its peace with war.
Even government critics, however, concede that peace is better than war.
"In such a world, Cold War deterrence is no longer enough to maintain peace, to protect our own citizens and or own allies and friends, " he said.
"There was many times my life was at risk ... but with the end of the war I am happy that there is now peace, " TP Mazembe's captain Tresor Mputu told CNN last year before his debut in the competition.
Only the faithful can decide whether Islam is a religion of peace or war (historically it has been both).
Their governments genuinely want peace, not least because war is impoverishing them.
Sitting reading is a sedentary occupation, and yet no-one is suggesting you should avoid "War and Peace" or the later, over-long Harry Potter novels.
Our shared interest is in building peace in a war-torn land -- a peace that provides no safe haven for violent extremists, and that provide hope for the Afghan people.
On commentator Peter Lee on AsiaTimes Online recently wrote an article saying that China by dragging out this non-peace, non-war, is daily letting Japan sink itself economically because they like everyone who looks a little closely, can see Abe is facing economic woes from all sides.
Neither is a ridiculous war on drugs going to bring peace and prosperity to Colombia.
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The Israelis have grounds to suspect that, for the PLO, the so-called peace process is the continuation of war by other means.
In Ethiopia, meanwhile, the driving force is war or rather, paradoxically, peace.
The Council has been criticised by advocacy groups for failing to act in the face of the escalating violence but two of its permanent, veto-wielding members, Russia and China, insist the war is an internal conflict that does not threaten international peace and security.
But peace is not simply the absence of war.
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