“This is going to be a very expensive war, and Victory is not guaranteed — for anyone”

—  Hunter S. Thompson

"When War Drums Roll" (17 September 2001)
2000s
Context: This is going to be a very expensive war, and Victory is not guaranteed — for anyone, and certainly not for anyone as baffled as George W. Bush. All he knows is that his father started the war a long time ago, and that he, the goofy child-President, has been chosen by Fate and the global Oil industry to finish it. Now.

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American journalist and author 1937–2005

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