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golfguru

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10. Absolutely quagmire! What is the positive?

Reply to bemildred (Reply #9)

Sun Sep 14, 2014, 01:53 PM

Sep 2014

Can someone tell me what do we gain in shedding blood and treasure in the middle-east while China does not spend a dime or shed any blood, and gets lion's share of oil from there?

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We have been fighting in Iraq in one way or another for 23 years. [View all] kpete Sep 2014 OP

History, imo, suggests TPTB will expend unlimited American resources, both in lives, limbs, and indepat Sep 2014 #1

This message was self-deleted by its author moondust Sep 2014 #2

absolutely shameful and embarrassing that two of those are democratic presidents. liberal_at_heart Sep 2014 #3

Why we won't learn from China? golfguru Sep 2014 #4

We're back to following the neocon script. CJCRANE Sep 2014 #5

Formidable foes! RandiFan1290 Sep 2014 #6

That was before fracking was discovered n/t golfguru Sep 2014 #7

It's like Vietnam. But with more oil. Octafish Sep 2014 #8

Quagmire. That's the word. Morass. Entanglement. bemildred Sep 2014 #9

Absolutely quagmire! What is the positive? golfguru Sep 2014 #10

Same shit, different day. Initech Sep 2014 #11

We lost. Get out. Get over it. Tierra_y_Libertad Sep 2014 #12