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Comrade Grumpy

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1. Who cares about just war when there's money to be made?

Reply to rug (Original post)

Mon May 6, 2013, 03:04 PM

May 2013

The Aghan war is one gigantic racket, enriching all kinds of scurvy folks (and I'm not talking about the Afghans). It's a gravy train for the military-industrial complex.

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