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It is all too easy to dismiss these lines as empty posturing of a leader ready to sacrifice millions for his political goals (the extension <i>ad absurdum</i> of Mao's ruthless decision to starve tens of millions to death in the late 1950s) - the other side of this dismissive attitude is the basic message: "we should not be afraid." Is this not the only correct attitude apropos war: "first, we are against it; second, we are not afraid of it"? There is definitely something terrifying about this attitude - however, this terror is nothing less than the condition of freedom.