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Saturday, September 15, 2007 12:00 AM

American war culture in a nutshell

Sitting around, war supporter Fred Kagan demands that troops be denied any relief until they win.

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    They are the war couch potatoes

    These guys are very much like a disheveled, grossly overweight couch potato whose most strenuous exercise a walk from his TV set to the kitchen to get more beer and potato chips. He sits in front of his television, screaming at the supremely conditioned players on the screen to hit each other even harder and more viciously.

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