"We've been relatively successful over the years in fighting bootlegging.

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"We don't understand how come a mediator who was supposed to defend the cause of democracy will help us to embrace something we've been fighting for nine months, thinking that we were willing or keen to accept a token of gratitude from the general,".

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On a daily basis, important Democrats are speaking out against additional troops or funding for this war we've been fighting at different levels since 2001.

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"It's always gone to the last day of the season before, we've always been in there fighting and haven't been adrift as badly as we are now, " he said.

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We all want those risks to be minimised, we all want this conflict to last as little time as possible but equally we have to recognise, as I think Paddy did, that this is a tough enemy, they are determined, they've been fighting for a long time, we have to recognise that there are risks involved in that process.

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