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Leith

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16. I'm All for It

Reply to cui bono (Reply #13)

Sun Aug 17, 2014, 07:52 PM

Aug 2014

But the US HAS undergone international election monitoring. Of course, reichwingers complained about it.

Funny how they like to claim that Obama has damaged world opinion against the US, but it is their actions that draw international rebuke.

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