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In reply to the discussion: The steaming pile of shit that is now Iraq! [View all]Octafish
(55,745 posts)44. I am tired of Big Oil and Wall Street running Washington.
Since Truman (and JFK), US foreign policy has advanced the interests of big business and the wealthy at the expense of democracy abroad.
US domestic policy serves the wealthy and big business at the expense of democracy at home.
Fewer and fewer politicians stand up for We the People anymore. The politicians and their backers have gamed the system to serve the Military Industrial Complex and its owners.
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Yet, I am sure the Bush*, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Pearle, Wolfowitz, Bill Kristols of the world
hlthe2b
Sep 2013
#1
Someone else in the Ba'ath Party would have taken over. It was the Saudis and Israel who wanted
leveymg
Sep 2013
#16
Cool article! It is about their oil... Time to re-nationalize it and boot out the oil companies.
grahamhgreen
Sep 2013
#24
And don't forget that dubya's adventures went on our national Credit Card (remember Supplementals?)
unhappycamper
Sep 2013
#14
The fruit borne here is EXACTLY what was expected from planting the seed.
TheKentuckian
Sep 2013
#22
"Wahhabi" is actually considered a slur. It is an ultra-conservative Sunni branch....
Spitfire of ATJ
Sep 2013
#33
That's Prince Turki, the ex-head of Saudi intelligence,on the right of Hillary. Great photo.
leveymg
Sep 2013
#34
The Saudis kill a single nut amongst many from time to time for the press and we thank them.
Spitfire of ATJ
Sep 2013
#38