You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist. I can honestly say that I was never affected by the question of the success of an undertaking. If I felt it was the right thing to do, I was for it regardless of the possible outcome. Let me tell you something that we Israelis have against Moses. We rejoice when a new kind of cotton is grown and when strawberries bloom in Israel.
Old age is like a plane flying through a storm.
Once you're aboard ther's nothing you can do. A leader who does not hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader.