Talking has averted numerous wars...but you don't hear much about that, because wars that don't happen are of very little interest to the news media!!! :-)

However, here's a fine example: Several major wars that might have been (including a nuclear one recently) have been averted between India and Pakistan...by talking...to each other and with the assistance and consultation of the world community.

But like I said, WHO remembers wars that didn't happen because people talked their way out of them?

- LH