But then, how much of war was finding out the hard way what the other fellow had that you didn't know about… — Harry Turtledove
But then, how much of war was finding out the hard way what the other fellow had that you didn't know about ahead of time? Put that way, it sounded quietly philosophical. Put another way, it meant Sam was likely to get killed because some dimbulb in Philadelphia was asleep at the switch.
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