Venezuela

  • I wonder if anyone in the White House has troubled themselves to read Thucydides’ History of the Peloponnesian War? There must be a copy lying around somewhere. If not, perhaps a staff member could request that a copy be sent from the Library of Congress. They should also request a copy of The Peloponnesian War,

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  • The Times published a poem by Robert Palmer in 1916 that reads in part: From sodden plains in West and East the bloodOf kindly men streams up in mists of hate,Polluting Thy clean air: and nations greatIn reputation of the arts of that bindThe world with hopes of Heaven, sink to the stateOf brute barbarianism

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