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yardwork

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8. I remember being furious at the hypocrisy.

Reply to GreenWave (Original post)

Sat Oct 22, 2022, 08:59 AM

Oct 2022

Jimmy Carter lost in 1980 because of relentless media attention to the Iran hostages - who were all released unharmed! But hundreds of our people died in Beirut on Reagan's watch... and crickets.

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