We have to be prepared and decisive. We have to know what we want out of this, what we're going to do, and to know how we're going to do it. We can't sit around thinking we'll make the choice when the time comes. It's either we fight or we don't.

I spent all this time thinking that the war wasn't important because nothing bad had happened yet. I took for granted that my friends would always be around. And I know I'm not the only one.

People can't think like that anymore. What you went through? It wasn't necessary. The choice you made is a choice no one should have to make.