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Adam Kinzinger: “If we want to avoid war. He said war begins when governments believe that the price of aggression is cheap.”

On the recordSeptember 3, 2013
If we want to avoid war. He said war begins when governments believe that the price of aggression is cheap.
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Adam Kinzinger
Republican · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Kinzinger references Reagan to highlight the dangers of perceived low costs of aggression.

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