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It would be impudent of me to remind professional soldiers that the offspring of military victory has as its sire necessity. If the price for such priceless victory against the Taliban and al-Qaeda is bribery and the use of opium, even if it makes some of the tribal chiefs "capitalists," so be it.
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A lesser of two evils is still evil. We've been down that road far too many times to not recognize an ambush when we see it. No thanks. YMMV.
Richard's $.02 
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“Sometimes the Bible in the hand of one man is worse than a whisky bottle in the hand of (another)… There are just some kind of men who – who’re so busy worrying about the next world they’ve never learned to live in this one, and you can look down the street and see the results.” - To Kill A Mockingbird (Atticus Finch)
“Almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.” - Robert Heinlein
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