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If we get chased out of Iraq with our tail between our legs, that will be the fifth consecutive Third-world country with no hint of a Navy or an Air Force to have whipped us in the past 40 years.

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Hunter S. Thompson
Age: 67 †
Born: 1937
Born: July 18
Died: 2005
Died: February 20
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Old elephants limp off to the hills to die old Americans go out to the highway and drive themselves to death with huge cars.
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I guess I'm just courtly until people get in my way. You'll find most Southerners are like that.
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I'm a relatively respectable citizen. Multiple felon perhaps, but certainly not dangerous.
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