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War Is Elective. It Is Not An Inevitable State Of Affairs. War Is Not The Weather.
-Susan Sontag
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War Is Elective. It Is Not An
Susan Sontag
War Is Elective. It Is Not An Inevitable State Of Affairs. War Is Not The Weather.
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