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Cosmocat

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10. With all their flag waving Bullcrap

Reply to salin (Reply #8)

Sat Jun 2, 2012, 08:00 AM

Jun 2012

you would THINK the republicans would factor this in.

Fact is, the entire country, in actually being forced to SUPPORT the war effort, was limited on pretty much any possible domestic good. You couldn't buy a new set of tires because all new rubber had to go toward THE WAR.

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