We who came here saw what was happening. This was far more than a war in a faraway place. This was a moral imperative, a terrible vision of the future. (Paddy Ashdown)

We who came here saw what was happening. This was far more than a war in a faraway place. This was a moral imperative, a terrible vision of the future.

Paddy Ashdown

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