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Sen Ted Kennedy draws the striking parallels between troop "surges" during the Vietnam era and today (Hint: Back then, the American people were always promised that the next surge would be the last Fifty thousand US dead bodies later, however ).
Sen. Ted Kennedy draws the striking parallels between troop “surges” during the Vietnam era and today. (Hint: Back then, the American people were always promised that the next surge would be the last. Fifty thousand U.S. dead bodies later, however …. )
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