they say military people that have been through that kind of thing, have seen friends, colleagues get killed, they understand better than most the need to bring peace. >> not only understand but cherish it. i mean, i nearly died several times in firefights, i had a brother lost in battle. i had many friends lost. i mean, one of -- the experience i remember was as an 18-year-old soldier a few short weeks after entering the army, holding a friend who died in my arms. you don't want war. we want peace more than any other people. we pray for peace, yearn for peace, dream about peace. i want to make sure that the peace holds. and one of the things i've said in this part of the world, the only peace that would hold is a peace you can defend. so i'm ready to make that kind of peace, a peace with security. >> what's the concession you're prepared to make to make this happen? you know if you don't make one, if you don't do something dramatic here, nothing's going to happen. you'll go down who was prime minister twice and it never happened.