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David

I study Machiavelli.

I support Russian - American cooperation, not competition.

Interests: Turkey /Pheasant hunting. French Brittany hunting dogs and good bourbon. Beretta shotguns.

Favorite Books:

Discourses on Livy and the Prince, Machiavelli

On War, Clausewitz

A Hero of Our Time, Lermontov

Beowulf

Epictetus/ Sallust/ Tactitus

"When you're wounded and left on Afghanistan's plains,
And the women come out to cut up what remains,
Just roll to your rifle and blow out your brains,
And go to your God like a soldier!"

Rudyard Kipling

Duty, Honour, Country

Plato: Only the dead have seen the end of war.

Beowulf, son of Ecgtheow, spoke:
"Wise sir, do not grieve. It is always better
to avenge dear ones than to indulge in mourning.
For every one of us, living in this world
means waiting for our end. Let whoever can
win glory before death.When a warrior is gone,
that will be his best and only bulwark."

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