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> # War is wretched beyond description, and only a fool or a fraud could sentimentalize its cruel reality.

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## More from John McCain

1. > Why is Chelsea Clinton so ugly? Because her father is Janet Reno.

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2. > Glory is not a conceit. It is not a decoration for valor. Glory belongs to the act of being constant to something greater than yourself, to a cause, to your pr…

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3. > Like every other 13-year-old in America, she's in love with Leonardo DiCaprio, who I think is an androgynous wimp. You know what he does throughout the whole m…

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