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	<title>Comments on: Hagel&#8217;s Afghanistan Visit and Obama&#8217;s Disastrous &#8220;Good War&#8221;</title>
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		<title>By: Rufus</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Apr 2013 14:05:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why visitors still use to read news papers when in this technological world all is existing on net?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why visitors still use to read news papers when in this technological world all is existing on net?</p>
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		<title>By: Barb</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barb]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 21:22:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Get us OUT of these useless and costly wars that are costing us entire generations of the BEST OF OUR BEST! We will have so many maimed young troops living the rest of their lives with PROSTHETIC LIMBS, living in pain and for what?! BRING OUR TROOPS  HOME AND STOP THE WAR MACHINE NOW!!!  ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Get us OUT of these useless and costly wars that are costing us entire generations of the BEST OF OUR BEST! We will have so many maimed young troops living the rest of their lives with PROSTHETIC LIMBS, living in pain and for what?! BRING OUR TROOPS  HOME AND STOP THE WAR MACHINE NOW!!!  </p>
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		<title>By: Mike in VA</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike in VA]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 00:33:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bird, 
There was no way to rid Iraq and the world of Saddam&#039;s regime without invading and occupying that country. 
 
In the final analysis, it doesn&#039;t matter when AQ declared Iraq the central battleground of its global jihad. All that matters is that it suffered a humiliating strategic defeat on that battleground - a defeat that could only be suffered in the heart of the Arab Middle East (not the remote hinterlands of the Pashtun Hindu Kush), which any student of History could also tell you was the former seat of the Abbasid Caliphate that those nostalgic psychopaths hoped to resurrect in all its medieval glory. 
 
You&#039;ll never convince me that ridding the world of Saddam&#039;s Tikriti mafia and handing AQ a defeat on what it declared the central battleground of the global jihad was an &quot;epic, counter-productive failure&quot;. Had Obama realized what had happened in Al-Anbar by the time he took office in 2009, he would have known better than to double down in Afghanistan. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bird,<br />
There was no way to rid Iraq and the world of Saddam&#039;s regime without invading and occupying that country. </p>
<p>In the final analysis, it doesn&#039;t matter when AQ declared Iraq the central battleground of its global jihad. All that matters is that it suffered a humiliating strategic defeat on that battleground &#8211; a defeat that could only be suffered in the heart of the Arab Middle East (not the remote hinterlands of the Pashtun Hindu Kush), which any student of History could also tell you was the former seat of the Abbasid Caliphate that those nostalgic psychopaths hoped to resurrect in all its medieval glory. </p>
<p>You&#039;ll never convince me that ridding the world of Saddam&#039;s Tikriti mafia and handing AQ a defeat on what it declared the central battleground of the global jihad was an &quot;epic, counter-productive failure&quot;. Had Obama realized what had happened in Al-Anbar by the time he took office in 2009, he would have known better than to double down in Afghanistan. </p>
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		<title>By: EarlyBird</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[EarlyBird]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 00:29:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Adina, that b**ch, will demand complete American subservience to Israel, and if it&#039;s not to her liking she calls for a &quot;pox&quot; on America&#039;s leaders.  To hell with her.  As a red, white and blue Marine you should be apalled by her.     ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Adina, that b**ch, will demand complete American subservience to Israel, and if it&#039;s not to her liking she calls for a &quot;pox&quot; on America&#039;s leaders.  To hell with her.  As a red, white and blue Marine you should be apalled by her.     </p>
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		<title>By: EarlyBird</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[EarlyBird]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 18:39:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Slider, suggestions by the propagandists who write for this site that Obama has lost Afghanistan, are of course ludicrous and repulsive lies.   
 
But as an Obama supporter myself, I need to accept that Obama&#039;s big Afghanistan push was in fact his own decision, and at this point, whether he inherited it or not, we can reasonably call it &quot;Obama&#039;s war.&quot; 
 
The original idea that we would would not only push out AQ and the Taliban from that country, but remake it safe for democracy, was a fool&#039;s errand to begin with.  Obama has been trying to help the US save face, and build up the Afghan government (to the point those Keystone Kops can be), so we can get the EFF out.   ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Slider, suggestions by the propagandists who write for this site that Obama has lost Afghanistan, are of course ludicrous and repulsive lies.   </p>
<p>But as an Obama supporter myself, I need to accept that Obama&#039;s big Afghanistan push was in fact his own decision, and at this point, whether he inherited it or not, we can reasonably call it &quot;Obama&#039;s war.&quot; </p>
<p>The original idea that we would would not only push out AQ and the Taliban from that country, but remake it safe for democracy, was a fool&#039;s errand to begin with.  Obama has been trying to help the US save face, and build up the Afghan government (to the point those Keystone Kops can be), so we can get the EFF out.   </p>
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		<title>By: EarlyBird</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[EarlyBird]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 18:35:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes! ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yes! </p>
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		<title>By: EarlyBird</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[EarlyBird]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 18:34:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nobody is suggesting that Bush, the POTUS, physically climbed up that superstructure to mount the sign himself.  Okay? But it was part of Bush&#039;s landing on the aircraft carrier to explain that the initial military phase of the operation was over and &quot;accomplished.&quot;      
 
That said, I supported the war originally, though I knew W was gilding the lilly about Saddam&#039;s &quot;WMD&quot; and links to AQ.  To Bush&#039;s credit, after 9/11 he wanted to overthrow the status quo in the ME, first by smashing Saddam&#039;s rotten regime, and then creating a base from which to project American power.   
 
But it was such an epic failure, it literally is going to take us a generation or more to recover.  It deeply damaged the US, helped Iran and therefore Hezbollah and Hamas, created a whole new playground for AQ... and that&#039;s not even talking about the tragic loss of human life, and the $1 trillion hole in the US budget. 
 
Conservatives need to admit, loudly, that it was a disaster, or the GOP is never going to be trusted with national security again. 
 
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nobody is suggesting that Bush, the POTUS, physically climbed up that superstructure to mount the sign himself.  Okay? But it was part of Bush&#039;s landing on the aircraft carrier to explain that the initial military phase of the operation was over and &quot;accomplished.&quot;      </p>
<p>That said, I supported the war originally, though I knew W was gilding the lilly about Saddam&#039;s &quot;WMD&quot; and links to AQ.  To Bush&#039;s credit, after 9/11 he wanted to overthrow the status quo in the ME, first by smashing Saddam&#039;s rotten regime, and then creating a base from which to project American power.   </p>
<p>But it was such an epic failure, it literally is going to take us a generation or more to recover.  It deeply damaged the US, helped Iran and therefore Hezbollah and Hamas, created a whole new playground for AQ&#8230; and that&#039;s not even talking about the tragic loss of human life, and the $1 trillion hole in the US budget. </p>
<p>Conservatives need to admit, loudly, that it was a disaster, or the GOP is never going to be trusted with national security again. </p>
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		<title>By: Walt</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Walt]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 06:14:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[No it wasn&#039;t!  You are buying into the liberal and MSM tripe that lied about that as well as many other aspects of the Iraq war.  The banner which stated &quot;Mission Accomplished&quot; was made by the ship&#039;s Commanding Officer to reflect their successful deployment, and was (Kudos) directed towards the ship&#039;s company and the rest of the fleet. 
 
Everyone is entitled to their opinion ~ but often facts get in the way and color the &#039;opinion&#039; as bogus, left wing propaganda that is unbecoming to an American with principals and honor. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>No it wasn&#039;t!  You are buying into the liberal and MSM tripe that lied about that as well as many other aspects of the Iraq war.  The banner which stated &quot;Mission Accomplished&quot; was made by the ship&#039;s Commanding Officer to reflect their successful deployment, and was (Kudos) directed towards the ship&#039;s company and the rest of the fleet. </p>
<p>Everyone is entitled to their opinion ~ but often facts get in the way and color the &#039;opinion&#039; as bogus, left wing propaganda that is unbecoming to an American with principals and honor. </p>
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		<title>By: EarlyBird</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[EarlyBird]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 02:11:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Any way you slice it, the country will return back to a tribal hell hole.  Unless you drop in via parachute, a Kabar clenched between your teeth, ready to clean the place up with your &quot;mailed fist.&quot;   ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Any way you slice it, the country will return back to a tribal hell hole.  Unless you drop in via parachute, a Kabar clenched between your teeth, ready to clean the place up with your &quot;mailed fist.&quot;   </p>
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		<title>By: EarlyBird</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[EarlyBird]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 02:09:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mike, Iraq wasn&#039;t AQ&#039;s central battleground until we invaded, occupied and smashed that country.   
 
I also don&#039;t think W. Bush inherited any good options, either.  Something had to be done about Saddam and the crumbling 12 year long sanctions and &quot;no fly zones,&quot; etc.  But he didn&#039;t have to invade and occupy. 
 
He and the neocons came up with an overly clever plan to remake the ME and chose Iraq as the place to do it.  It was an epic, counter productive failure which made Iraq an AQ headquarters, Iran stronger, and the US weaker.   ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mike, Iraq wasn&#039;t AQ&#039;s central battleground until we invaded, occupied and smashed that country.   </p>
<p>I also don&#039;t think W. Bush inherited any good options, either.  Something had to be done about Saddam and the crumbling 12 year long sanctions and &quot;no fly zones,&quot; etc.  But he didn&#039;t have to invade and occupy. </p>
<p>He and the neocons came up with an overly clever plan to remake the ME and chose Iraq as the place to do it.  It was an epic, counter productive failure which made Iraq an AQ headquarters, Iran stronger, and the US weaker.   </p>
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		<title>By: slider 96</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[slider 96]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 02:05:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oh wait a minute Ahlert , this is Bush&#039;s war , and the decisions made are the same as what the Bush Admin would do  .  . Getting us the hell out is what Bush would have done himself at this point .  ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh wait a minute Ahlert , this is Bush&#039;s war , and the decisions made are the same as what the Bush Admin would do  .  . Getting us the hell out is what Bush would have done himself at this point .  </p>
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		<title>By: slider 96</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[slider 96]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 02:05:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brainwashed teabagger is what you are Mike .  BTW , wasn&#039;t it GW  who  said &quot; Mission Accomplished &quot; ? ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Brainwashed teabagger is what you are Mike .  BTW , wasn&#039;t it GW  who  said &quot; Mission Accomplished &quot; ? </p>
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		<title>By: Edward Cline</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Edward Cline]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 01:21:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I suggest leaving the Afghans to themselves, debouching from the piss hole as soon as possible, but first freezing all of Karzi&#039;s money assets in whichever banks they might be found. Let the Tabiban behead him.  ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I suggest leaving the Afghans to themselves, debouching from the piss hole as soon as possible, but first freezing all of Karzi&#039;s money assets in whichever banks they might be found. Let the Tabiban behead him.  </p>
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		<title>By: John Stone</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Stone]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 00:10:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&gt;&gt; win war on Islamic terrorism. - The thing you have got to get is that Islamic terrorism arises from the culture, not the political leadership. That is why nothing much changes with a conventional military victory. As for changing the local culture, to quote Stalin, &quot;Religion is like a nail, the harder you hit it, the deeper it goes.&quot; Unless we are going to be the new permanent occupiers of the Islamic world, there really is no reason for us to linger.  ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&gt;&gt; win war on Islamic terrorism. &#8211; The thing you have got to get is that Islamic terrorism arises from the culture, not the political leadership. That is why nothing much changes with a conventional military victory. As for changing the local culture, to quote Stalin, &quot;Religion is like a nail, the harder you hit it, the deeper it goes.&quot; Unless we are going to be the new permanent occupiers of the Islamic world, there really is no reason for us to linger.  </p>
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		<title>By: Drakken</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Drakken]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 00:01:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Your clearly effing delusional, once we leave the taliban will take over and the northern alliance will come back with a vengeance to take whatever territorry it can before the taliban take over. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Your clearly effing delusional, once we leave the taliban will take over and the northern alliance will come back with a vengeance to take whatever territorry it can before the taliban take over. </p>
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		<title>By: Drakken</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Drakken]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 23:58:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Karzai&#039;s money is already out of the country.  ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Karzai&#039;s money is already out of the country.  </p>
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		<title>By: Drakken</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Drakken]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 23:57:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Your failure to understand the world is really mind boggling, obviously Berserkly didn&#039;t educate you, it just filled your empty head with empty retoric of the leftist/progressive mindset, the west is bad, the 3rd good. Your completely bloody hopeless.  ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Your failure to understand the world is really mind boggling, obviously Berserkly didn&#039;t educate you, it just filled your empty head with empty retoric of the leftist/progressive mindset, the west is bad, the 3rd good. Your completely bloody hopeless.  </p>
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		<title>By: Drakken</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Drakken]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 23:54:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You really don&#039;t know what your talking about, again, your hero Obummer is making the middle and far east less stable.  ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You really don&#039;t know what your talking about, again, your hero Obummer is making the middle and far east less stable.  </p>
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		<title>By: Mike in VA</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike in VA]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 23:28:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[First of all, our country didn&#039;t waste trillions of dollars in Iraq. Secondly, getting rid of a rogue terrorist-sponsoring regime in Baghad that had already dragged us into one war in the ME and was sure to do so again, while handing al Qaeda a strategic defeat in what they declared the central battleground of their global jihad can hardly be considered &quot;counter-productive&quot;. Thirdly, I&#039;ll remind you that many of your fellow co-travelers on the Left - most notably Bill Clinton - supported regime change and the authorization of the use of force in Iraq for many reasons. 
 
I&#039;ll grant that Obama was presented with no easy options in Afghanistan when he took office in 2009, but he never needed to double-down in that country. That is a questionable decision he is going to have to live with, and as a partisan hack yourself, you&#039;re going to have to live with the criticism that comes with that decision and the lives that were lost on account of it. 
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>First of all, our country didn&#039;t waste trillions of dollars in Iraq. Secondly, getting rid of a rogue terrorist-sponsoring regime in Baghad that had already dragged us into one war in the ME and was sure to do so again, while handing al Qaeda a strategic defeat in what they declared the central battleground of their global jihad can hardly be considered &quot;counter-productive&quot;. Thirdly, I&#039;ll remind you that many of your fellow co-travelers on the Left &#8211; most notably Bill Clinton &#8211; supported regime change and the authorization of the use of force in Iraq for many reasons. </p>
<p>I&#039;ll grant that Obama was presented with no easy options in Afghanistan when he took office in 2009, but he never needed to double-down in that country. That is a questionable decision he is going to have to live with, and as a partisan hack yourself, you&#039;re going to have to live with the criticism that comes with that decision and the lives that were lost on account of it. </p>
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		<title>By: EarlyBird</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[EarlyBird]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 22:59:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mike, you are beyond hope.   ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mike, you are beyond hope.   </p>
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