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16. We'll get it right this time

Reply to Comrade Grumpy (Reply #3)

Wed Mar 4, 2015, 05:58 PM

Mar 2015

Really we will. Besides, it's just 300 troops. Advisors, really. Hardly anything at all. Probably more than enough to resolve whatever problem it is we're trying to solve. In fact, truth be told, one American soldier would probably accomplish the mission.

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Long overdue, imo... Blue_Tires Mar 2015 #2

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Cheering on WW3 Matariki Mar 2015 #11

+1. uhnope Mar 2015 #13

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Oh Jeezus No. Matariki Mar 2015 #10

Godspeed. uhnope Mar 2015 #12

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