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Wars are fought for oil wells and coaling stations for control of the Dardanelles or the Suez Canal for colonial pickings to buy cheap in and conquered markets to sell dear in. War is capitalism with the gloves off.

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Tom Stoppard
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: July 3
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