On the sidewalk during the long vacation months we played a new game called "I Declare War, " using a cheap rubber ball and a piece of chalk.

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Meanwhile a designated player, holding the ball aloft in his hand, announced slowly, in an ominous cadence, "I declare war on " There was a suspenseful pause, and then the kid declaring war would slam the ball down, in the same instant shouting "Germany!"

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"I did not come here to declare war, " he continued.

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History will probably declare him right on the war, but I still think our cause was noble and that millions of people would have been better off had we won.

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In a vintage display of blame-America-firstism, Rep. McDermott went so far as to declare: "I think the president would mislead the American people" about the justifications for going to war with Iraq.

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