It's difficult to "take swift action" if you don't know what exactly is going on.
"Friendly fire," "collateral damage" and all that.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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