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“We will not be beaten. But we may be shamed and embarrassed on a needlessly long road to victory.”

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I've been to many countries and watched a number of conflicts or their residue, and I've served in the military.

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Our president seems determined to do anything he can with the Russians and the Russians hate - but a report and hates us. He is malevolent and he is as close to pure evil as I can find. He's also brilliant. I don't understand what any American would want an alliance with Russia. We should be strengthening our alliance with…

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There is no lack of bravery in the ranks of our armed forces, but bureaucratic cowardice rules in our intelligence establishment (as well as…

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The extremes to which Western elites will go to avoid blaming radical Islam for terrorism cripples our efforts to protect innocent Muslims. Terrified of…

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If there is a single power the West underestimates, it is the power of collective hatred.

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“A soldier’s duty…” Taylor intoned the last word in a voice of granite, “is to do an honest day’s work in dishonest times… and to make the best out of the worst fucking mess imaginable. It means… believing in your heart that some things are more important than your personal devils… or even your personal beliefs. It means the willingness…

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“Our history deserves honesty and our citizens need it. Without understanding who we really were, we’ll never quite grasp who we have become, leaving…

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A soldier's longing to talk about his experiences of battle is a wound that never heals.

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The message of Vietnam is not that Americans will not take casualties; it is that the American people do not want the lives of…

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“the Confederacy had been poisoned by more jealousies than a hundred high-bred gals could muster in competition for a single male.”

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“Lee was tough as hickory, but the tree was old.”

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The M-1 is the best tank in the world, if you can get it to the war in time, if you have a Saddam…

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