I keep meeting Conservative Members who tell me that if they knew then what they know now, they would have voted against this war. (conservativehome.blogs.com)
He was always against these wars, and people in the military obviously wish to avoid war. (firstthings.com)
Perhaps they were reluctant to appeal to people's self - interest, or perhaps they were slow to believe that economic self - interest could work against war. (religion-online.org)