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valerief

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10. Yes, because when a large number of people are murdered, another large number of people

Sat Aug 31, 2013, 01:48 PM

Aug 2013

must be murdered.

I'll never understand this.

A week or so ago, I saw a clip on DU of a discussion between Jeremy Scahill and Noam Chomsky. I think it was Chomsky who said some general told him Laos was bombed during the Vietnam conflict, because the military wasn't allowed to bomb where they wanted (can't remember where; probably Vietnam). The general said the military decided, "Well, we have the bombs. We might as well use them."

You need war to justify the outrageous military budget.

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