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>There's a very complex and disturbing equation emerging here, and as events continue to take shape, I think the more any one person refrains from questioning decisions made at any level in any hierarchy, the more we place all of our lives in jeopardy. This becomes especially true when we have to now question the very nature of some of our so-called "inanimate" objects.

I don't think people with the powers like Henry Kissinger had want this for military personnel:

In Haig's presence, Kissinger referred pointedly to military men as "dumb, stupid animals to be used" as pawns for foreign policy.



A) That's why the military has civilian oversight.

B) Napoleon famously said "A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon."




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