"Once the command of the air is obtained by one of the contending armies, the war becomes a conflict between a seeing host and one that is blind.“

-H. G. Wells

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"A time will come when a politician who has willfully made war and promoted international dissension will be as sure of the dock and much surer of the noose than a private homicide. It is not reasonable that those who gamble with men's lives should not stake their own."

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"A time will come when a politician who has willfully made war and promoted international dissension will be as sure of the dock and much surer of the noose than a private homicide. It is not reasonable that those who gamble with men's lives should not stake their own."

-H. G. Wells

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