That's what I'm opposed to. A dumb war. A rash war. A war based not on reason but on passion, not on principle but on politics. (Mike Jones)

That's what I'm opposed to. A dumb war. A rash war. A war based not on reason but on passion, not on principle but on politics.

Mike Jones

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