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Greetings from Tyler, It was the only thing that hadn’t gone wrong. At least there was no war in the Middle East. But, suddenly, there is. Maybe this wasn’t thought all the way through. Did the terrorists not know the wrath their inhumane actions would unleash? Now they can watch Gaza get blown up. Large…
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