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Bill Maher

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We have been the cowards, lobbing cruise missiles from 2,000 miles away. That's cowardly. Staying in the airplane when it hits the building, say what you want about it, that's not cowardly. Stupid maybe, but not cowardly.
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Politically Incorrect (17 September 2001); this statement created controversies which resulted in this series being cancelled.

 
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