#ira

One of the sharp parallels is that neither Vietnam nor Iraq was the slightest threat to America's national security. ↗

— George McGovern

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The truth is that I oppose the Iraq war, just as I opposed the Vietnam War, because these two conflicts have weakened the U.S. and diminished our standing in the world and our national security. ↗

— George McGovern

#conflicts #diminished #i #iraq #iraq war

Last month, the Iraqi people went to the polls, voting in their first free election in more than 50 years. ↗

— John M. McHugh

#first #free #free election #iraqi #iraqi people

We are particularly interested in the mental health programs and policies that support our troops and their families before, during, and after deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan. ↗

— John M. McHugh

#after #before #deployment #during #families

The men and women of our armed forces played an instrumental role in the election process - securing polling sites and providing security - that allowed so many Iraqis the opportunity to vote freely for the first time ever. ↗

— John M. McHugh

#armed #armed forces #election #ever #first

I'm a peasant I'm the muzhik A pest you're destined to play the music And yes it's pleasant to say it's beauty I'm Indebted to rest respecting it truly ↗

— Criss Jami

#art #beauty #creation #creativity #credit

Ideally, advertising aims at the goal of a programmed harmony among all human impulses and aspirations and endeavors. Using handicraft methods, it stretches out toward the ultimate electronic goal of a collective consciousness. ↗

— Marshall McLuhan

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Many defense experts have predicted that we face no greater threat from a single country than from Iran. ↗

— Cathy McMorris

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Rap music's been around for too long now to be inspirational. The words are, but the music isn't. ↗

— Alexander McQueen

#been #inspirational #long #music #now

Extremists often derive their inspiration from literal interpretations of texts that should rightly be read not as Associated Press reports from the ancient world, but as theological and literary enterprises requiring independent intellectual assessment. ↗

— Jon Meacham

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