On the recordNovember 20, 2012
Peace cannot be imposed from the outside, unless you do it by overwhelming force of arms, which is obviously not the case here. The parties have to want peace themselves.
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Mitchell emphasizes that true peace requires the willingness of both parties involved, rather than external imposition.
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