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quaker bill

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4. They want the imagined glory, not the bloody reality

Reply to Sherman A1 (Reply #2)

Thu Jan 28, 2016, 07:05 AM

Jan 2016

There are places around the world where armed groups of citizens take on their governments. Sometimes they win, mostly they lose, but in either case a great many wind up dead. There in lies the problem.

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Lined up like little tin soldiers Xipe Totec Jan 2016 #1

I believe that they may believe that is what they want Sherman A1 Jan 2016 #2

They want the imagined glory, not the bloody reality quaker bill Jan 2016 #4

That's exactly it sharp_stick Jan 2016 #5

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