W. Bush, the non-boomer greatest-generation Bush who, like McCain, was shot out of the sky in a real war.

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This was the 13th missile launched from Iraq toward Kuwait since the war began, but most have been knocked out of the sky by Patriot missiles.

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Last week, as French war planes fought in the Malian sky and French soldiers stepped in after some of Mali's own soldiers abandoned their posts to al Qaeda-linked militants, President Dioncounda Traore welcomed more French troops to the capital's airport.

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Its fiery colour and erratic movement across the night sky terrified the ancient Greeks and Romans, causing them to name the planet after their gods of war.

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