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Octafish

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13. NEOCON Heaven

Reply to grahamhgreen (Original post)

Wed Nov 25, 2015, 08:46 AM

Nov 2015

PNAC Hit List:

“This is a memo that describes how we’re going to take out seven countries in five years, starting with Iraq, and then Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and, finishing off, Iran.” -- Gen. Wesley Clark, quoting a former colleague

Nice war, if you can get it.

"Money trumps peace." -- George W Bush, Feb. 14, 2007

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And the brainiacs told us this Syria thing wouldn't escalate. ROFL. Worse, they [View all] grahamhgreen Nov 2015 OP

they told us outright we should STFU and let the experts have their war MisterP Nov 2015 #1

The amazing thing about that stunningly ignorant and insulting post is: Maedhros Nov 2015 #8

I thought there was actually a lot of good discussion in that thread alcibiades_mystery Nov 2015 #9

LMAO, exactly what the "super smart person who reads the news all the time, and generally keeps him grahamhgreen Nov 2015 #11

What has the U.S. been involved in that hasn't escalated out of control in the last 100 years. LiberalArkie Nov 2015 #2

Remember, these are the same sorts of "experts" hifiguy Nov 2015 #3

Or a herd of buffalo in Golden Gate Park KamaAina Nov 2015 #5

If your job in "intelligence" Aerows Nov 2015 #7

As soon as I saw the still photo from that first Isis video CJCRANE Nov 2015 #4

mission accomplished. They meant to provoke a war. librechik Nov 2015 #6

1. Who the hell said Syria wasn't going to escalate? Blue_Tires Nov 2015 #10

From Obama down to the paid defense department trolls. Want quotes? grahamhgreen Nov 2015 #12

Yeah, you go fetch those quotes double-quick, if you please Blue_Tires Nov 2015 #16

NEOCON Heaven Octafish Nov 2015 #13

The Cuban Missile Crisis was staring into the abyss LanternWaste Nov 2015 #14

Might be more abysmal than you think. Russia vs USA in direct armed conflict. Turkey is NATO, if grahamhgreen Nov 2015 #15