Those whose names are engraved on the wall in Marseilles died in service to their country. Of that there is no doubt. Whether they died to advance the cause of freedom or even the wellbeing of the United States is another matter entirely.
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Read more...John Bolton manages the difficult task of making me yearn for the days of Henry Kissinger.
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Read more...Correcting revisionist history about Bush the Senior and the first Gulf War.
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