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Motown_Johnny

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22. We also redrew the map of that area, a couple of times.
Thu Sep 19, 2013, 08:36 PM
Sep 2013

After WWI and, to a lesser extent, after WWII.

A lot of what is going on there is our fault.

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I think if only they did have the bomb we would leave them alone. So ironic. dkf Sep 2013 #1
I wonder if the bomb is also able to stop civil war. joshcryer Sep 2013 #2
I doubt it. You can't use a nuke so close to yourself. dkf Sep 2013 #4
I wonder if we'd leave them alone if AQ was about to get the bomb. joshcryer Sep 2013 #6
Doubt it. dkf Sep 2013 #7
If AQ had the bomb and there was a the slightest chance it could get to Washington Fumesucker Sep 2013 #11
so are you going to write congress and white house to oppose pressuring syria JI7 Sep 2013 #3
We just got an agreement with them on that. That issue's done with. Ken Burch Sep 2013 #21
of course "they" invaded Europe and got as far as central France and Vienna :-) nt msongs Sep 2013 #5
I think they mainly did that as they were driving us(Western "Christian" imperialists) back. Ken Burch Sep 2013 #14
Do you drive a car? Cali_Democrat Sep 2013 #8
I don't drive a car. Ken Burch Sep 2013 #13
Is it really a stretch to tie all those things to crude oil? Let's take a look.... Cali_Democrat Sep 2013 #15
Even if you're right about all of that, that still doesn't mean Ken Burch Sep 2013 #16
Of course I'm right about all that. It's a fact. Cali_Democrat Sep 2013 #17
People like me are calling for withdrawal AND changing our lives to make it happen. Ken Burch Sep 2013 #18
If you eat, wear clothes, or use any products transported... Cali_Democrat Sep 2013 #19
Being an inadvertent crude oil consumer doesn't make you complicit in U.S. intervention Ken Burch Sep 2013 #20
I don't often agree with you, Ken sibelian Sep 2013 #9
And also, the fact remains area51 Sep 2013 #10
I agree. It's time we turned our attention inward. LuvNewcastle Sep 2013 #12
We also redrew the map of that area, a couple of times. Motown_Johnny Sep 2013 #22
You're right. Ken Burch Sep 2013 #23
All we ever brought them was the misery of the Crusades? seveneyes Sep 2013 #24
"We" as in "the West"...the area of the world our country's rulers insist on "leading" Ken Burch Sep 2013 #25
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