It is one thing to fight for power with claws out and teeth bared, and another thing entirely to sort out what to do once you have it.

That's one reason I've been so very careful about thinking through what things might look like after all is said and done. How to keep us from imploding in an act of endless revenge and retribution, and how to make sure these soldiers we're training are going to give up power once it's in their hands.

We have to invent something brand new, and know we won't get it entirely right, but what we have now is utterly unsustainable and a crime against humanity, and what we had before led us straight here.