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8. welcome to DU

Sat Oct 10, 2015, 08:26 AM

Oct 2015

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Living in constant fear as a Nation [View all] uawchild Oct 2015 OP

Maybe our fear of the world is just a projection of our fear of ourselves. HereSince1628 Oct 2015 #1

Good post. Captain Stern Oct 2015 #2

Bingo. +1000. GoneFishin Oct 2015 #19

"War is a racket" - Gen. Smedley Bulter, 1935 n/t DefenseLawyer Oct 2015 #4

The plutocracy that rules this country owns the mass media tabasco Oct 2015 #5

bubbles within bubbles uawchild Oct 2015 #7

I encourage people to turn off their telescreens tabasco Oct 2015 #21

'Fear' is a great motivator. CanSocDem Oct 2015 #6

welcome to DU LittleGirl Oct 2015 #8

I think that at this point it can be argued quite easily deckchairdanny Oct 2015 #9

It's hard to find HERE on DU, but a little more likely to show up... hunter Oct 2015 #15

That's why DU is my home page. cpompilo Oct 2015 #22

Excellent post! K&R secondwind Oct 2015 #11

Extreme spending in defense of hegemony is no vice! Human101948 Oct 2015 #12

I've never understood LWolf Oct 2015 #14

K and effing R Scuba Oct 2015 #16

"Power corrupts" applies to nations as jomin41 Oct 2015 #18

Don't blame the "military industrial complex." JayhawkSD Oct 2015 #20