We just don't know the truth behind the war, ... We're at a standstill. Why is it going on? We want to know why.

It seems to be senseless and I say that because of the situation. We just don't know the truth behind the war and we are like at a standstill with it, why is it really going on, so we want to know why.

I want to know the truth. Basically, just tell us why they're over there, losing their lives the way they are,

The first casualty of war is truth.

When you discuss the truth and you know the truth ... who was responsible, who prolonged the war ... then you can have true reconciliation. The door to bring in a new generation is to find out what happened in Lebanon. Without that, you're just sweeping the dust under the rug. You cannot reconcile when you don't know what happened.

The search for the truth for truth's sake is the mark of the historian