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treestar

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7. Yep. Just as many of our troops alone killed

Reply to SHRED (Original post)

Mon Sep 12, 2016, 08:48 AM

Sep 2016

and for what? We could still be attacked again.

That the military can fight terrorism is such a stupid idea. Nonlogical. Did they not really get that?

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Because of the 9/11 attacks [View all] SHRED Sep 2016 OP

9/11 was the best thing that happened to the republican party kimbutgar Sep 2016 #1

Yes it was SHRED Sep 2016 #2

and considering a Republican was in the White House when it happened mountain grammy Sep 2016 #4

The Military-Industrial-Media Complex SHRED Sep 2016 #5

But but but malaise Sep 2016 #8

Yep, sure was convenient, they sure got lucky, fell right into their laps, amazing coincidence. sylvanus Sep 2016 #6

*snort* Bucky Sep 2016 #17

They used it treestar Sep 2016 #9

Far too many on our side awoke_in_2003 Sep 2016 #20

Exactly, too many Americans were fine with bombing/hating all Muslims. I can almost excuse it in Hoyt Sep 2016 #3

Alas, Muslim terrorism has continued unabated FLPanhandle Sep 2016 #10

Which proves my point that treestar Sep 2016 #12

This Bucky Sep 2016 #18

Yep. Just as many of our troops alone killed treestar Sep 2016 #7

Exactly. Back in about 2008, I calculated that we could have paid every Iraqi Hoyt Sep 2016 #11

but military contractors would not have gotten rich then Fast Walker 52 Sep 2016 #14

I'm sure some got that, and they made it their business model Fast Walker 52 Sep 2016 #15

American lost its mind because of the propaganda from the Bush administration and the media Fast Walker 52 Sep 2016 #13

We had world sympathy treestar Sep 2016 #16

yep... that is probably the greatest overall tragedy of my lifetime, in terms of US history Fast Walker 52 Sep 2016 #19

Bin Laden could not have hoped for more ... Martin Eden Sep 2016 #21