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the current war holds many unique characteristics (in our history anyway), but i think that it isn't without its own historic parallels.
for example: our war with japan caused FDR to send all japanese to internment camps. the enemy combatants in our current war share a remarkable number of similar characteristics (foreign born, middle eastern, male, fervently religious). many more shared traits than those interred in WWII... yet they aren't even (legally) subject to added suspician when going through an airport metal detector.
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If you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not too costly, you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance for survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves.
~ Winston Churchill
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