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Posted in [IMPORTANT READS](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads). ## [If Top General Gets His Way, America's ‘Longest War’ May Never End](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/10187-if-top-general-gets-his-way-america-s-longest-war-may-never-end) WAR LORDS--If the highest ranking U.S. and NATO military commander in Afghanistan gets his way, America's longest official war could become even more… --- [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/f8/105d-f825f940.png&src=images/stories/Dec-2015/105d.png&thumbnail=1200,800,&hash=bc350b19) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/10183-hey-californians-let-s-side-with-the-refugees-not-the-terrorists)### [Hey Californians: Let’s Side With the Refugees, Not the Terrorists](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/10183-hey-californians-let-s-side-with-the-refugees-not-the-terrorists) Written by Joe Mathews on December 31 2015. 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