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29. I hate to say it, but a "Wag The Dog" moment most certainly happened...

Fri Jan 3, 2020, 07:52 PM

Jan 2020

it's not like the guy wasn't bad, or that the Iraq embassy wasn't attacked, but that backburner conflict has been going on for a while. Why all of the sudden order a drone strike hit on the guy Jan 2nd, without informing anyone in the Gang of 8? It appears to me to be a very self-serving action to distract and bolster his own image (in his own eyes, and to our detriment).

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Maybe it was a target of opportunity? kentuck Jan 2020 #13

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My brother didn't come back alive. lunatica Jan 2020 #95

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58,000 US military casualties lunatica Jan 2020 #118

Too often, the average citizen goes to war wnylib Jan 2020 #119

Your last sentence is always on my mind. lunatica Jan 2020 #120

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Who does, these days? malthaussen Jan 2020 #56

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This could escalate to nuclear bombs in twelve days. NBachers Jan 2020 #9

That is certainly H2O Man Jan 2020 #34

"...it (violence) controls them..." yonder Jan 2020 #70

I reiterate that we need a Department of Peace added to our government lunatica Jan 2020 #100

A dog and pony show Liberalhammer Jan 2020 #10

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Mr Putin could "ally" with us... malthaussen Jan 2020 #50

Possibly. H2O Man Jan 2020 #52

Oil prices went up Liberalhammer Jan 2020 #109

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As bad as you say and worse: read some Trumpian projection into this bucolic_frolic Jan 2020 #11

Thanks for that. H2O Man Jan 2020 #36

I believe Sting wrote a song about it. LudwigPastorius Jan 2020 #12

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Thank you for that! peggysue2 Jan 2020 #14

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Trump must be removed from office. BeckyDem Jan 2020 #15

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"From Hell's heart, I stab at thee" EveHammond13 Jan 2020 #17

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As you know, in boxing, a taste of blood raises adrenaline... MartyTheGreek Jan 2020 #21

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That's what I mean. They KNOW what he is by now, & have known all along. WHY would anyone... Hekate Jan 2020 #116

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'fraid so. Your analysis sounds spot-on, my friend. calimary Jan 2020 #24

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I hate to say it, but a "Wag The Dog" moment most certainly happened... kyburbonkid Jan 2020 #29

I agree completely. H2O Man Jan 2020 #60

Tragically the sociopath gene is shared--among Republicans live love laugh Jan 2020 #30

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Watching him address his "base" today it is clear they respond to the "bloodlust" similar to the Evolve Dammit Jan 2020 #32

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I wonder if his pardoning of, and then hanging out with, Gallagher the killer is another symptom muriel_volestrangler Jan 2020 #59

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For all his drone strikes, was Obama compared to a dog? Marengo Jan 2020 #66

Curious question there. H2O Man Jan 2020 #73

He can't. PETRUS Jan 2020 #75

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Couldn't have happened to a nicer bootlicker tenderfoot Jan 2020 #122

Twitter Thread: Where there's smoke, there's fire. bucolic_frolic Jan 2020 #67

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Could there be such a thing as an institutional taste for blood? PETRUS Jan 2020 #68

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If we allow that it's a metaphor, I think the US developed a taste for blood long ago. PETRUS Jan 2020 #78

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