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In reply to the discussion: Funny how that works. [View all]Octafish
(55,745 posts)77. Who remembers John Kokal?
Everyone knows Amb. Joseph Wilson stood up at the State Department to oppose Baby Doc Bush's illegal, immoral and unnecessary war on Iraq. So, too, John Kokal, a State Department officer who knew something was wrong with war on Iraq. He ended up dead from a fall the top of the State Department, reportedly just after voicing his reasons to his superiors. Another "suicide" whose sudden, if convenient, passing made it easier for the warmongers and war profiteers to make another killing on yet another day. As it was never covered in the national press, Mr. Kokal's story is now largely forgotten.
All this history gives me a sad, more than anything. Weren't for Funes, I'd be out horseback riding all day.
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