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AGO CALLING THEM TOO EXPENSIVE

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AND PROVOCATIVE TO THE NORTH.

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>> Trace: UNREST IN BELARUS

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OVER CONTESTED ELECTION RESULTS.

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NOW RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR

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PUTIN IS REPORTEDLY OFFERING TO

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INTERVENE.

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HERE IS SECRETARY OF STATE MIKE

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POMPEO.

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>> THE COMMON OBJECTIVE IS TO

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SUPPORT THE BELARUS PEOPLE TO

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ACHIEVE THEIR OWN SOVEREIGNTY

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AND FREEDOM TO BUILD OUT WHAT

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YOU ARE SEEING HAPPEN IN THE

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PROTESTS.

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>> Trace: GENERAL JACK KEANE IS

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CHAIRMAN OF THE INSTITUTE FOR

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THE STUDY OF WAR AND FOX NEWS

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CONTRIBUTOR.

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HE JOINS US NOW.

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GENERAL, ALWAYS GOOD TO HAVE

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YOU, SIR.

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THE SITUATION IN BELARUS IS THE

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PEOPLE BELIEVE AND MANY OUTSIDE

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OBSERVERS ALSO BELIEVE THE
ELECTION THERE WAS RIGGED

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ELECTION THERE WAS RIGGED

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PROTESTING IN THE STREET.

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THEY WANT LUKASHENKO OUT AND

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NOW HE IS CALLING ON HIS BUDDY

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VLADIMIR PUTIN.

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>> THIS IS LIKE WHAT HAPPENED

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IN -- HE FLED AS A RESULT OF

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THE PROTESTS IN UKRAINE.

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AND PUTIN ANNEXED CRIMEA IN

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EASTERN UKRAINE.

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WE HAVE A DICTATOR WHO CHANGED

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THE CONSTITUTION, IN POWER 26

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YEARS SO HE COULD DO THAT.

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SIMILAR TO WHAT PUTIN HAS DONE

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WHERE HE WILL STAY 16 MORE

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YEARS IN ADDITION TO THE 20 HE

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HAS ALREADY BEEN IN POWER.

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THE STRIPES ARE SIMILAR.

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THIS GUY HAS WORN OUT HIS

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WELCOME.

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CORRUPT, REPRESSIVE.

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BLEW THE PANDEMIC AND BLAMED
THE DEATHS OF THE PEOPLE ON THE

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THE DEATHS OF THE PEOPLE ON THE

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PEOPLE THEMSELVES AND WAS-TOOK

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NO PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES.

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WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE PUTIN

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HAS ALWAYS SINCE THE COLLAPSE

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OF THE SOVIET UNION HE TOOK

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OVER IN 2000 STRATEGICALLY

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WANTS TO INCREASE THE SPHERE OF

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INFLUENCE OF RUSSIA IN THE

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REGION IN EASTERN EUROPE IN

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PARTICULAR AND ALSO IN THE

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MIDDLE EAST.

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THIS IS PART OF THE FABRIC OF

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THAT STORY.

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THIS REALLY MATTERS TO HIM AND

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BELARUS’S LOCATION IS STRATEGIC

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TO HIM.

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LONG TERM WHAT HE WOULD WANT IS

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MILITARY BASES IN BELARUS TO

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WEAKEN NATO.

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WEAKEN THE TRANS ATLANTIC

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ALLIANCE.

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>> Trace: MATTERS TO US AS WELL.

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THE WHOLE IDEA HERE.

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WE SAW WHAT HAPPENED IN UKRAINE

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SIX YEARS AGO.

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THE QUESTION NOW BECOMES, YOU

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HEARD SECRETARY OF STATE MIKE

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POMPEO SAYING WE NEED TO SEE

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THIS PLAY OUT WITHOUT RUSSIA’S

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INVOLVEMENT.

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HOW IMPORTANT IS THIS TO THE

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UNITED STATES, OUR PERSPECTIVE

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AND INTERESTS?

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>> WELL, THAT IS THE POINT.

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AS HE INCREASES HIS SPHERE OF

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INFLUENCE IN EASTERN EUROPE

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REMEMBER SO OUR AUDIENCE

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UNDERSTANDS THE EASTERN EUROPEY

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AN COUNTRIES WERE ALL ANNEXED

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BY STALIN POST WORLD WAR II AS

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A RESULT OF THE SPOILS OF

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VICTORY.

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ALL THAT WENT AWAY WHEN THE

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SOVIET UNION COLLAPSED.

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MOST OF THOSE COUNTRIES ARE

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PART A NATO.

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BELARUS IS ONE THAT IS NOT.

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WHAT PUTIN HAS BEEN TRYING TO

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DO IS REGAIN THAT SPHERE OF

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INFLUENCE WITH THEM.

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WHY?

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THE RUSSIANS ALWAYS SEE EASTERN

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EUROPE AS A BUFFER AGAINST

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SOMEONE INVADING THEIR COUNTRY,

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THE FRENCH PUT MOSCOW ON FIRE

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IN THE 19th CENTURY AND THE

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GERMANS WERE 30 MILES FROM

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MOSCOW IN THE 20th CENTURY.

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THAT IMBUED ON THEM AS THE

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SCARS OF NATIONAL INVASIONS.

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SO YES, THIS IS WHAT THIS IS

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ABOUT AND TO ACCOMPLISH THAT

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AND WHY WE SHOULD CARE THEY

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WANT TO WEAKEN NATO AS A RESULT

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OF THAT.

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THEY SEE NATO AS A HUGE THREAT

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TO THEIR LONG-TERM SECURITY.

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BUT NOBODY IN EUROPE IS EVER

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THINKING ABOUT INVADING RUSSIA.

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YOU CAN’T BE DISMISSIVE HOW

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RUSSIA FEELS ABOUT THEIR OWN

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SECURITY, THEIR OWN NATIONAL

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SECURITY AND HOW THEY LOOK AT

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THE WEST AS THE ANTITHESIS OF

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BEING ABLE TO MAINTAIN THEIR

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OWN STABILITY AND SECURITY.

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PUTIN IS A THUG AND SO IS THE

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PRESIDENT OF BELARUS.

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THEY HAVE A LOT IN COMMA.

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>> Trace: HE IS TRYING TO BUILD

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THE NARRATIVE SAYING THESE ARE

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OUTSIDE FORCES CAUSING THE

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PROTEST.

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THERE ARE UNION MEMBERS

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PROTESTING.

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THESE SEEM TO BE GROUND SWELL

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PROTESTS IN BELARUS AND IT IS

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HARD FOR -- IT IS GETTING

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HARDER FOR THE BELARUS

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PRESIDENT TO BUILD THE

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NARRATIVE THEY’RE OUTSIDE

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FORCES AND NOTHING WHAT THE

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PEOPLE IN BELARUS BELIEVES.

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I THINK THIS PEOPLE WANT HIM

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OUT.

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HE HAS BEEN IN POWER FOR 26

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YEARS.

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>> YOU ARE RIGHT ON THE MARK

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HERE.

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THE MAJOR PROTESTS FROM THE

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ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS SIDE IS

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STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES.

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THEY’RE STRIKING AND CALLING

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FOR NATIONAL STRIKES.

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HE THOUGHT HE HAD THEM.

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IT IS A HUGE BLOW.

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POLICE CHIEFS ARE RESIGNING AND

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GOING WITH THE PEOPLE.

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SOME ASPECTS OF THE MILITARY ON

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SOCIAL MEDIA ARE DISCARDING AND

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BURNING UNIFORMS SAYING YES,

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THIS IS A NATIONAL REVOLT

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UNARMED TO BE SURE BUT

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NONETHELESS VERY SIGNIFICANT

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AND -- WHAT PUTIN IS LOOKING AT

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CAN THE PRESIDENT OF BELARUS

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CALM IT AND STAY IN POWER OR

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CAN SOMEBODY TAKE OVER FROM THE

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BELARUS PRESIDENT SIMILAR TO

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HIM AND THEREFORE PUTIN WILL BE

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ABLE TO WORK WITH THEM.

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IF HE SEES SOMEONE COMING IN

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WHO IS PRO-DEMOCRACY, THEN WE

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ARE LIKELY GOING TO SEE RUSSIAN

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BOOTS ON THE GROUND IN BELARUS.

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>> Trace: MY NEXT POINT.

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IT COULD GET BAD.

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GENERAL JACK KEANE ALWAYS GREAT