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I don't know why but is an immensly satisfying feeling for me when warships and other military people and equipment are used in this way. There is something really positive about the idea that something created to keep the peace by force is being used for such a humanitarian mission. I hope the soldiers and sailors appreciate the opportunity to serve in this capacity as much as I appreciate our government sending them to do so. It's kind of fun to think about the USS Ronald Reagan, a behemoth by any standards, that would usually be an intimidating sight when parked off of a foreign coast being such a beacon of hope. Maybe I'm making more of this than I should...
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"Religion is the one area of our discourse in which it is considered noble to pretend to be certain about things no human being could possibly be certain about"
--Sam Harris
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