Why America must stop the war now (23 October 2001) http://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/oct/23/afghanistan.terrorism8.

People rarely win wars, governments rarely (completely) lose them. People (do completely) get killed.

— Arundhati Roy

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "People rarely win wars, governments rarely (completely) lose them. People (do completely) get killed." in the context of "Why America must stop the war now (23 October 2001) http://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/oct/23/afghanistan.terrorism8." to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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About Arundhati Roy

Arundhati Roy (born 24 November 1961) is an Indian writer and social activist