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15. K&R! This post should have hundreds of recommendations!

Reply to WilliamPitt (Original post)

Thu Jun 19, 2014, 03:56 PM

Jun 2014

This is a fantastic article, WilliamPitt.

It is going to be necessary to periodically remind the people of the nation of just what happened leading up to the Iraq War lest they fall prey to the carefully crafted PNAC propaganda.

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