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Noam Chomsky - Strikingly, no concern was voiced over...

Strikingly, no concern was voiced over the glaringly obvious fact that no official reason was ever offered for going to war - no reason, that is, that could not be instantly refuted by a literate teenager. (Noam Chomsky)

Strikingly, no concern was voiced over the glaringly obvious fact that no official reason was ever offered for going to war - no reason, that is, that could not be instantly refuted by a literate teenager.

Noam Chomsky

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