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The release of a Bob Woodward book is something of a tradition in politics, and here's how it works: the week before its release, copies are obtained by reporters, who comb through the tome to find zazzy parts of the book to write about, baiting the hook for pundits to gnash their teeth over the odd quote or shiny detail. It's like your book club, if your book club were filled with sozzled megalomaniacs instead of normal people.

In this case, Woodward's new book is called "Obama's Wars" and it is about Obama's wars. But not just the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, it's about the "wars" within the White House, which explains why it gets so much attention -- everyone in the media believes that "war" is something that primarily affects the relative fortunes of fascinating political insiders, not something that kills and maims soldiers and destroys the homes of children half a world away.

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