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As a short-term measure, the pair recommended that Petraeus, whose tour in Mosul was almost up, be put in charge of the program to train Iraqi security forces. That idea was approved.
“Lookit!” he said, pounding a nearby table. “My job is not to deal with this people thing! My job is to kill the enemy!”
― The Insurgents: David Petraeus and the Plot to Change the American Way of War
― The Insurgents: David Petraeus and the Plot to Change the American Way of War
“That it was sparing young people struck me as an enormous blessing, for there is nothing more devastating than the death of children.”
― The Courage to Face Covid-19: Preventing Hospitalization and Death While Battling the Bio-Pharmaceutical Complex
― The Courage to Face Covid-19: Preventing Hospitalization and Death While Battling the Bio-Pharmaceutical Complex
“Wherever a soldier was asked to fight he was bathed in an ever-thickening soup of pulsed radio wave and microwave frequencies.”
― The Invisible Rainbow: A History of Electricity and Life
― The Invisible Rainbow: A History of Electricity and Life
“The greatest trick that powerful interest groups ever pulled was convincing the world that everyone who detects and reports their activities is a conspiracy theorist.”
― The Courage to Face Covid-19: Preventing Hospitalization and Death While Battling the Bio-Pharmaceutical Complex
― The Courage to Face Covid-19: Preventing Hospitalization and Death While Battling the Bio-Pharmaceutical Complex
Explore World War II and Other Wars
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This group focuses on World War II and other wars. We will discuss and explain some of the many factors and contributions that led to its outcome.
Bob’s 2025 Year in Books
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