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abelenkpe

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7. Fourteen years. Four million dollars every hour

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Sat Oct 10, 2015, 10:27 AM

Oct 2015

No end in sight.

But we can't afford to properly fund public schools, can't afford to repair our decaying infrastructure, can't provide healthcare for all. Those demanding cuts to food stamps, planned parenthood, any social program without seriously considering ending this wasteful war are shameful.

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U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee: 14 Years, 2,350 Lives, Billions of Dollars & No End in Sight [View all] marmar Oct 2015 OP

What is she talking about? Perpetual war is not a quagmire, it was the plan! Mission unaccomplished! Fred Sanders Oct 2015 #1

+1,000 malaise Oct 2015 #3

Any candidate who voted to authorize Bush and Cheney to go to war should be disqualified. Scuba Oct 2015 #10

You, and you are not alone, seem to forget how blood thirsty the American people were then, but I Fred Sanders Oct 2015 #11

I remember millions of Americans protesting against the war. Only fools fell for the fear tactics. Scuba Oct 2015 #12

One can make an argument sulphurdunn Oct 2015 #16

This government has no problem wasting $715 billion on Afghanistan Rosa Luxemburg Oct 2015 #2

Extreme spending in defense of hegemony is no waste! Human101948 Oct 2015 #4

Of course! Rosa Luxemburg Oct 2015 #6

Good god I've learned to hate that fucking song... Wounded Bear Oct 2015 #9

THIS is who I want as Sanders' V.P. choice. Le Taz Hot Oct 2015 #5

Me too! nt Zorra Oct 2015 #8

She's great, but does she help him win? thesquanderer Oct 2015 #13

SOLID progressive, West Coast, Le Taz Hot Oct 2015 #15

she is supporting Hillary for president JI7 Oct 2015 #18

Fourteen years. Four million dollars every hour abelenkpe Oct 2015 #7

Americans. Always counting their own deaths with no regard for the lives they have taken. CBGLuthier Oct 2015 #14

thank you, rep. lee niyad Oct 2015 #17