"How do you keep war accountable to the American people when war becomes invisible and virtual?"

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"A state of war only serves as an excuse for domestic tyranny."

Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Russian Author

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"The fleet sailed to its war base in the North Sea, headed not so much for some rendezvous with glory as for rendezvous with discretion."

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"So far war has been the only force that can discipline a whole community and until an equivalent discipline is organized I believe that war must have its way."

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"In the matter of war, ask this question to yourself and to your own fellow country men: Have you ever seen any politician in your country without legs, without arms, without eyes after war? No! You can't see such a thing because honourless politicians always stay in the safe ports while they send others to the zone of death!"

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"In war, when a commander becomes so bereft of reason and perspective that he fails to understand the dependence of arms on Divine guidance, he no longer deserves victory."

Seneca, Roman Philosopher

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"War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength."

George Orwell, British Author

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