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Michael On
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Desert Storm was seen by the military establishment and by some politicians as avenging Vietnam, but it left behind dangerous illusions. The victory was so decisive, and information about it so carefully managed, that the American public was never clearly informed that it was purchased at the price of approximately 100,000 Iraqi lives.
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I can't think of this country without Quebec. Je parle francais. And when I think about being a Canadian, speaking French is part of it.
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A good journalist is modest; his only job is simple: to decide what counts as news.
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Commerce has changed the ethics of citizenship and the incentives for national service. America now buys private contractors - we used to call them mercenaries - to do the country's fighting.
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Communism may be over as an economic system, but as a model of state domination, it is very much alive in the People's Republic of China and in Putin's police state.
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I've been both a journalist and a politician, and I can tell you it is more fun to ask the questions than have to answer them.
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Relying exclusively on air power has limits: planes are effective against fixed strategic targets, like petroleum storage, bridges, and command bunkers; but even then, air power rarely succeeds by itself in destroying a regime's ability to command and control its forces.
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The detention of Japanese Americans during World War II would qualify as an example of majoritarian tyranny and misuse of executive prerogative, driven by fear and racial bias.
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Both Iraq and Syria are a fissile mixture of ethnicities and religions thrown together after Versailles by departing French and British imperialists and only kept together by Baathist tyranny and violence.
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Intellectuals are good at seeing the big picture. But they are not so good at process.
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We played an excellent game across the board. The forwards and midfielders worked very well together. The defense did a great job of containing Madison Central. Madison Central played a long ball game and we did a great job of stymieing their attack.
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We played an excellent game across the board, ... The forwards and midfielders worked very well together. The defense did a great job of containing Madison Central. Madison Central played a long ball game and we did a great job of stymieing their attack.
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We play a schedule of 30 to 35 games, and we've been told we're comparable to some small colleges and community colleges. We have to make cuts because so many players turn out. All of our guys have solid backgrounds in high school or community college ball.
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We play a huge role, ... We're still running routes and getting open. Reggie just may have another option. It's part of the game. We still have to run our routes hard because it could keep a safety from rolling over the top and leave someone else open.