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> [Military metaphors are rarely exact, but sending Republicans against Democrats when the issue hangs in the balance is nearly always as futile as sending George B. McClellan against Robert E. Lee, the Italians against Marshal Montgomery's desert rats or an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wesley-pruden/military-metaphors-are-rarely-exact-but-sending-republicans-against/)

[Wesley Pruden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wesley-pruden/)

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