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...heart of the problem remain the casualties???of life itself and of the economic system that demands more than they have to give. They must be cared for by a system that keeps them from being internal aliens. This is necessary not only for the sake of decency (the requirements of decency are subjective and flexible), but to save America's view of itself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Welfare: Trying to End the Nightmare | 2/8/1971 | See Source »

...cost in allied lives would also be great; he has long since proved that he considers one American life worth five of his own in the campaign to weary the U.S. of the war. That, too, characterized his war against the French, where at Dienbienphu he even budgeted 100% casualties???and took 8,000 dead to wipe out 2,000 of the camp's defenders...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The War: The General's Gamble | 2/9/1968 | See Source »

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