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Any president can start a war, and use the chaos of disorder that such a war creates as an indefinite argument for prolonging it. It's a war that keeps on giving. Failure means it's even more necessary to keep failing.

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Andrew Sullivan
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: August 10
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