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It's all about programmed automatic relevance as an aspect of maintaining the military industrial complex. In every major operation of the American armed forces, every arm is involved automatically as a way of policy to ensure the continued "relevancy" of the entire system. There is a reason why Americans pay more for military than every other nation combined, and it's not just about being and having the best.
*Ahem*
There are totally lakes and rivers in Afghanistan. Can't you read a map?
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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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