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Our fumbling government's response since Beirut - during both Republican and Democratic administrations - has been to cut and run, or to flat ignore this growing threat, apparently hoping it would go away.

David Hackworth

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Die Reaktion unserer fummelnden Regierung seit Beirut - sowohl in der republikanischen als auch in der demokratischen Regierung - bestand darin, diese wachsende Bedrohung zu ignorieren und offenbar zu ignorieren.

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