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Rubio’s Churchillian moment in Munich

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s well-received speech at the annual Munich Security Conference came with calls for Europe to be strong, but not just on national defense. The thrust of the speech was about identity and culture. Without those, soldiers and generals have nothing to defend.

“Armies fight for a way of life,” Rubio said. “And that is what we are defending: a great civilization that has every reason to be proud of its history.”

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