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Suppose that, say, China established military bases in Colombia to carry out chemical warfare in Kentucky and North Carolina to destroy this lethal crop [tobacco] that is killing huge numbers of Chinese.

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Noam Chomsky
Age: 95
Born: 1928
Born: December 7
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