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“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0

For some fool reason, I seem to hear a rhyme in this statement of the Commander of the U. S. S. Gravely upon its return from patrolling the Caribbean against the dangers posed by Venezuelan fishing boats (emphasis added):

Since September, the U.S has struck 23 small boats, killing at least 87 people. The Trump administration has said without providing evidence that the boats were carrying drugs. The Gravely’s captain, Cmdr. Gregory Piorun, wouldn’t elaborate on the destroyer’s role.

“I follow the news. I also follow the orders of the Secretary of War and the President of the United States, and so that’s what we carry out,” he said.

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*Mark Twain.

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