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mn9driver

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6. He'll keep firing generals until

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Fri Aug 22, 2025, 04:05 PM

Aug 22

he finds the ones who are willing to lie without being directly told to do so. Unfortunately, those are also likely to be the generals who will order atrocities without being directly told to do so.

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