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shanny

(6,709 posts)
10. Wow. Thank you for the information, and the link.
Thu Jun 13, 2019, 08:00 PM
Jun 2019

More depth than I have encountered, and always welcome.

OT but the "son of the CIA" hits close: I play cards once a week with an eclectic group of women--ages 60s to 70s. We discuss politics at times (it is too raw for general discussion, but all of us are appalled by Rump). When the Iran treaty was in the works that came up. I was all in favor of peace, as were the rest, and one of the points I made was the fact that Iran had a genuine beef with us since the CIA overthrew their democratically-elected socialist government in '54 and why should they forget/overlook that? Interestingly, dead silence at the table. Turns out, unbeknownst to me (I was new), one of the other women's father, and brother, were CIA. Given the time frame and ages of those involved....

Needless to say, she remains in denial of the damage we have done. That is true of too many others in this country as well.

Be suspicious. Be very suspicious. democratisphere Jun 2019 #1
War Is A Racket Kid Berwyn Jun 2019 #8
WMD I suppose. shanny Jun 2019 #2
Then they were "Neocons." Kid Berwyn Jun 2019 #9
Wow. Thank you for the information, and the link. shanny Jun 2019 #10
Trita Parsi is author of this analysis from a year ago (NY Review Of Books): Ghost Dog Jun 2019 #3
delisted in 2012 shanny Jun 2019 #11
Rather than odd, I'd say it looks like part of a plan, shanny. Ghost Dog Jun 2019 #14
I don't think it is a coincidence shanny Jun 2019 #16
MeK paid Bolton big bucks when the mustache was in the wilderness. Kid Berwyn Jun 2019 #12
¡Bingo! Ghost Dog Jun 2019 #15
Kick dalton99a Jun 2019 #4
K&R Scurrilous Jun 2019 #5
You cannot believe a thing coming out of this administrations mouth. walkingman Jun 2019 #6
Smells like a Mossad black op. roamer65 Jun 2019 #7
K&R... spanone Jun 2019 #13
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