But America's forces are already stretched thin, and it has been reluctant to get involved in a conflict that is more humanitarian than strategic.

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They just about get away with it, which is more than can be said for the interpretation of Thin Lizzy's Whiskey In The Jar.

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It also should be pulling in rocks that get too close, gravitationally pulverising them into a thin disc that gradually and continually dopes the remnant atmosphere with silicon.

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