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Because the statute used the term war. a reverse of this game was used with Gender. by replacing sex with gender, they can argue the other meanings, not just the synonym, then assume they apply as well.
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Nor can militias be raised without changing the deep-rooted perception that the Taliban are winning the long-term war.
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The need is for the US to maintain the commitment of a large majority of its citizens to active operations in a long term war.
Axelrod: Obama "thought very long and hard about" about opening up the CIA interrogation memos. Ann Althouse 2009
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Only shrinks and time can tell how the women will cope with the killing that will always be part of the obscenity we call war.
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But a Congress that has abdicated its responsibilities will not impeach – leaving the ordinary citizen to suffer as many as 48 months through the folly that we call war.
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The former decision would probablt mean a word war.
Surely this is just my imagination... Steven Barnes 2008
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Tony writes from Louisville, Kentucky: "If the sons and daughters of congressmen and senators began blowing their brains out, maybe they would face reality and end this farce they call a war."
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And I have to remind people the president made clear in his first speech after the attacks that this would be a long-term war.
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If someone attacks and kills someone in another country, and my country sends me to kill them, its called war.
catpewk Diary Entry catpewk 2004
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BOND: Well, the president said all along that the war on terror is going to be a long-term war.
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