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“Washington is the only place in the world where a gaffe is when a politician accidently speaks the truth.” quote by Charles Krauthammer — Download Open image

“Washington is the only place in the world where a gaffe is when a politician accidently speaks the truth.”

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The war is not going well and it is time to say why. It has been fought with half-measures. It has been fought with an eye on the wishes of our "coalition partners." It has been fought to assuage the Arab "street." It has been fought to satisfy the diplomats rather than the generals... Why have we not loosed the…

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Where religion is trivialized, one is unlikely to find persecution.

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