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then they won't be dreaming of
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re-conquering Alsace and much of lorraine."
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At the end he says,
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"Well, we'd better be out there, too."
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And they're all out there.
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As some wag once puts it, Italy gets into the game, too,
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with Libya and Ethiopia,
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with "A huge appetite and bad teeth,"
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As someone once put it.
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Of course, they get defeated in the battle in 1896.
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Then they will pay them back with
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poison gas and cascades of bombs