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Well, you know, one of the first rules of war is that its a very good teacher. The survivors learn. I remember when I was in Iraq in 2006, a Marine captain pulled me aside and said, you know why its tough here now - we were out in the Anbar Province - he says because the junior varsity’s all dead. We’re fighting the varsity. These are the guys who survived. They know a few things.
— C.J. Chivers, “The AK-47: ‘The Gun’ That Changed The Battlefield”
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