David Petraeus Quotes
Beyond Iraq, I am also profoundly worried about the continuing meltdown of Syria, which is a geopolitical Chernobyl. Until it is capped, it is going to continue to spew radioactive instability and extremist ideology over the entire region.
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The most wonderful discovery made by scientists is science itself.
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A woman always remembers. Remember that.
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..this feeling haunts and inhabits me, like a sickness. it covers me, like skin.
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Beyond Iraq, I am also profoundly worried about the continuing meltdown of Syria, which is a geopolitical Chernobyl. Until it is capped, it is going to continue to spew radioactive instability and extremist ideology over the entire region.
