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KingCharlemagne

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31. These aren't your garden-variety victims either, if Hersh's reporting is to be credited. Instead,

Reply to beam me up scottie (Reply #29)

Sun May 31, 2015, 11:05 PM

May 2015

these are Iraqi children being sodomized in front of their parents to break the parents' will and compel them to turn on the Resistance. It worked for the Americans about as well as similar efforts by the French in la guerre sale worked in Algeria. That is, it strengthened the fury of the resistance.

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k&r AtomicKitten May 2015 #7

It got worse today. Cheese Sandwich May 2015 #8

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Thank you Cheese Sandwich May 2015 #26

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you dont get how much i do NOT want to hear some mans turn on with rape, standing up for my seabeyond May 2015 #12

i see it is mostly men kicking and recommending this, yum, as if they have succeeded at something. seabeyond May 2015 #13

The article really is not what you think. TDale313 Jun 2015 #34

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ya... cause now you men have even got him wallowing in your porn with you. rah seabeyond May 2015 #15

That's amazing, you sussed us out! backscatter712 May 2015 #17

no, not the Porn Marshes! (and how is Bernie not one of "you men"?) MisterP Jun 2015 #37

This is low. polly7 May 2015 #16

They're not as low as the Hillary supporters who are trying to say Bernie is into rape porn. beam me up scottie May 2015 #18

That's like saying that because Hillary voted in 2002 for the Iraq War that killed in excess KingCharlemagne May 2015 #24

Well if Bernie has to explain why he wrote an article criticizing rape culture in 1972 beam me up scottie May 2015 #25

If the full dump of photos were released, Obama, Lynch, et. al. would have no KingCharlemagne May 2015 #27

I can see why they don't want to open that can of worms. beam me up scottie May 2015 #29

These aren't your garden-variety victims either, if Hersh's reporting is to be credited. Instead, KingCharlemagne May 2015 #31

I remember reading about it. beam me up scottie May 2015 #33

It all makes sense now doesn't it? Oilwellian May 2015 #19

and yet AGAIN VOX posts garbage. m-lekktor May 2015 #20

Well, that explains a lot. AtomicKitten May 2015 #21

I had to look up Vox TM99 May 2015 #22

Totally Recommended Kalidurga May 2015 #28

Get ready for more of this shite. Fascists can only win by lies PowerToThePeople May 2015 #32

Misquoted? You mean like Hillary gets misquoted all the time? Welcome to Presidential Politics. Hekate Jun 2015 #35

kick AtomicKitten Jun 2015 #36

And yet we have DUers, supposed Democrats, linking to that article in that publication LondonReign2 Jun 2015 #38