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Walleye

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2. My thought exactly, they always think they can get the war over in about a month. Never happens.

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Thu Jan 23, 2025, 08:33 AM

Jan 2025

I really admired Bill Clinton when he was confronting the crisis in Kosovo. He said something like he could put troops in there, getting them out would be the hard part.

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yep, just like we ended viet nam, or afghanastan, or iraq. rampartd Jan 2025 #1

My thought exactly, they always think they can get the war over in about a month. Never happens. Walleye Jan 2025 #2