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leftstreet

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1. I wish there'd been more media buildup

Reply to JackRiddler (Original post)

Fri Aug 8, 2014, 01:36 PM

Aug 2014

Every time I think of ISIS I think of the Egyptian goddess

Colin Powell had power point pictures of trucks and shit

I can't keep score

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The U.S. has been at war with Iraq for twenty-four years. [View all] JackRiddler Aug 2014 OP

I wish there'd been more media buildup leftstreet Aug 2014 #1

... LordGlenconner Aug 2014 #8

I remember! JackRiddler Aug 2014 #9

It's another neocon Punch & Judy show. CJCRANE Aug 2014 #2

They didn't get a war on Iran. JackRiddler Aug 2014 #5

Money trumps peace. Octafish Aug 2014 #3

Macho also trumps peace. JackRiddler Aug 2014 #7

And if you really know anything about gamesmanship, sell 'em to both sides. Octafish Aug 2014 #10

Its not just any enemy. dipsydoodle Aug 2014 #4

That one's always the worst enemy. JackRiddler Aug 2014 #6

It's like being stuck in a corporate media horror version of Groundhog Day. woo me with science Aug 2014 #11

If people are really capable of forgetting 2003... JackRiddler Aug 2014 #12

Good question. Seems that's being tested continually, woo me with science Aug 2014 #13

Kick woo me with science Aug 2014 #14

If we don't wholeheartedly support military operations that make no sense, Karmadillo Aug 2014 #15

Getting up off the floor malaise Aug 2014 #20

I think you nailed it. woo me with science Aug 2014 #21

You just have to wonder jamzrockz Aug 2014 #16

you left out the Clinton sanctions on Iraq in the 90's m-lekktor Aug 2014 #17

Had to leave out something. JackRiddler Aug 2014 #18

I forgive you! lol m-lekktor Aug 2014 #24

wonder who got to Carter? belltower Sep 2014 #32

great article at link, thanks belltower Sep 2014 #31

kick woo me with science Aug 2014 #19

but this time we'll get it right, for sure! KG Aug 2014 #22

And what an excellent start, rhetorically. JackRiddler Aug 2014 #23

he wants to stop the genocide!11 m-lekktor Aug 2014 #25

This has more to do with Israel than oil, but mostly to do with a runaway MIC. n/t rgbecker Aug 2014 #26

Support for Israel has a lot to do with oil... JackRiddler Aug 2014 #29

24 years? What the hell for? SummerSnow Aug 2014 #27

kick woo me with science Aug 2014 #28

K&R! This post deserves hundreds of recommendations! Enthusiast Sep 2014 #30

Excellent post, missed it earlier. But is there anyone left in the world who believes sabrina 1 Sep 2014 #33