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“The din of politicians speechifying about the war, the faux moral posturing of opinion-makers who claim to speak in the name of 'the troops,' everything that Iraq has come to represent in the American imagination - it all melts away in the 115-degree heat. What's left is the machinery of a war that, having been called into being by civilians, no longer bears a relation to anything they say.”

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Lawrence Kaplan
Lawrence Kaplan

Lawrence Kaplan, born in 1934, is an accomplished writer whose works span a variety of genres, known for his profound insights and unique narrative style. more

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