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Character is destiny, and politicians usually get the scandals they deserve, with a sense of inevitability about them.
George Packer
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George Packer
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: August 13
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I would caution anyone who thinks the solution is to get out to realize that Iraq will be our problem, whether we're there or not, for years to come. It will not be Vietnam it will not let us go home and lick our wounds.
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