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The Iraq War: Strategy, Tactics, and Military Lessons

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“Money can't buy happiness, BUT it can buy books (which is basically the same thing).”
― Shaun Bythell, Confessions of a Bookseller

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“Fire-priests have an uncomplicated theology; immolating people purifies them from sin, so the more people you burn to death the less sin there is in the world, and the more holy you are for doing it”
― Graydon Saunders, The March North

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“One can almost always achieve surprise in war by suddenly doing something that is truly stupid, but surprise alone is scarcely victory.”
― Anthony H. Cordesman, The Lessons Of Modern War Volume IV: The Gulf War

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“As the years go by, it has become increasingly apparent to me that legislatively reforming the surveillance regime of the country of my birth won't necessarily help a journalist or dissident in the country of my exile, but an encrypted smartphone miht.”
― Edward Snowden, Permanent Record

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“Между другото, застрояването на българските плажове трябва да бъде единствено от деца.”
― Михаил Стоянов, Машина за пуканки

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