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Since the end of the World War II, the United States has fought three small wars...we lost all three of them and for the same reason-hubris.

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Andrew Greeley
Age: 85 †
Born: 1928
Born: February 5
Died: 2013
Died: May 29
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Andrew M. Greeley
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