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Scootaloo

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1. Feels weird to root for Hezbollah

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Wed Aug 20, 2014, 01:23 AM

Aug 2014

But hey, this time, Hezbollah is actually doing what it says it does - acting as a Lebanese "home guard." someone's got to I suppose, it's not as if the Lebanese military is of much use for anything besides looking good in uniform.

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