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LuckyTheDog

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3. Quagmire

Reply to arcane1 (Reply #1)

Mon Apr 18, 2016, 05:25 PM

Apr 2016

This is the best example ever for why the United States should avoid getting into overseas military quagmires. They can be really, really hard to get out of.

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Why the US is sending more troops to Iraq [View all] LuckyTheDog Apr 2016 OP

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