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  1. 01-06-2017 #1
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    Like it or not, the Devil's Guard fits.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil's_Guard
    A scrimmage in a Border Station
    A canter down some dark defile
    Two thousand pounds of education
    Drops to a ten-rupee jezail

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    Quote Originally Posted by AdamG View Post
    Like it or not, the Devil's Guard fits.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil's_Guard
    Funny you mention that...

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...3c9b6#comments
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    Not a war novel, but I always appreciated the way in which Dune seamlessly married political conflict, religious fanaticism, economics, and insurgency together.
    When I am weaker than you, I ask you for freedom because that is according to your principles; when I am stronger than you, I take away your freedom because that is according to my principles. - Louis Veuillot
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    One I like a lot is Barrett Tillman's 'Warriors'.
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