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“Think about the children of Newtown,” McCrystal said in reply. “That is not a philosophical argument. That’s a bloody reality, and that’s the kind of thing that I want us to talk about.”

McCrystal is ceding the battles on logic, law, and constitutionalism and demands that any debate be solely on emotionalism.

Disarm the law abiding populace, and ensure only that the military and police have guns.

Spoken like a general.

[muawiyah]

Then they wonder why when the enemy pulls up at the town gates and demands we send out the 20 top notables, we pull the plug on the generals first.

Sorry General, the Hundred Year's War is being revived and you gotta' get out there ~ uh, take some of your stuff too. They like that!