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“But my Arabic is pretty good. It's good enough to have conversations with people, to understand what they say, to understand what they're feeling.” quote by John Abizaid — Download Open image

“But my Arabic is pretty good. It's good enough to have conversations with people, to understand what they say, to understand what they're feeling.”

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