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The fact is, beneath the hype, Iraqis will soon appreciate American help and idealism far more than French perfidy. It is never wrong to be on the side of freedom - never.

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In history, one gathers clues like a detective, tries to present an honest account of what most likely happened, and writes a narrative according to what we know and, where we aren't absolutely sure, what might be most likely to have happened, within the generally accepted rules of evidence and sources.

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Popular culture is simply a reflection of what the majority seems to want.

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Americans spend more money on Botox, face lifts and tummy tucks than on the age-old scourges of polio, small pox and malaria.

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History has shown that a government's redistribution of shrinking wealth, in preference to a private sector's creation of new sources of it, can prove more destructive than even the most deadly enemy.

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War seems to come out of nowhere, like rust that suddenly pops up on iron after a storm.

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Any time the Western way of war can be unleashed on an enemy stupid enough to enter its arena, victory is assured.

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States are like people. They do not question the awful status quo until some dramatic event overturns the conventional and lax way of thinking.

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This bloody past suggests to us that enemies cease hostilities only when they are battered enough to acknowledge that there is no hope in victory - and thus that further resistance means only useless sacrifice.

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Even in its third century, America is still the most meritocratic nation in the world.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Historian

Born: Unknown

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