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is on page 103 of 831
"It would be easy to dismiss the zoologist as an extremist, but in the twilight world of Middle East politics he was in the moderate wing of Saudi public opinion."
Unlike most Western politicians, Hayes get that the Saudis are no friends of the west.
— Feb 25, 2015 12:35PM
Unlike most Western politicians, Hayes get that the Saudis are no friends of the west.
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Derek
is on page 448 of 831
"I would never have found it if it hadn't have been for a set of traffic lights." Aside from the superfluous "have", I'm getting pretty annoyed by the mounting co-inkydinks.
— Feb 26, 2015 01:31PM
Derek
is on page 72 of 831
"Burke said the problem with war is that it usually consumes the very things that you're fighting for—justice, decency, humanity—and I couldn't help but think of how many times I had violated our nation's deepest values in order to protect them."
I guess it's something that he still thinks of that—I suspect most of the spooks never do—but I'm still not going to believe it's necessary.
— Feb 25, 2015 12:32PM
I guess it's something that he still thinks of that—I suspect most of the spooks never do—but I'm still not going to believe it's necessary.
Derek
is on page 64 of 831
When he describes a photo of a woman walking with her children towards a death-camp gas chamber, it's so vivid I can see the picture.
— Feb 25, 2015 12:27PM
