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3. "Didn't we learn anything from Libya?"

Reply to Kaleva (Original post)

Thu Apr 6, 2017, 04:36 PM

Apr 2017

I dunno, I recall Freepers being over the moon when we knocked off Saddam. Now they're all cautious and stuff about that "fuck him, we're taking him out" macho bullshit. I wonder what's different about Gaddafi and Saddam? Think, think.

(Disclaimer: Some people were and are against both of those extrajudicial executions.)

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Freepers upset over Trump's change of attitude towards Assad. [View all] Kaleva Apr 2017 OP

I hope it drives a wedge between Trump and Putin SirBrockington Apr 2017 #1

Trump isn't going to do jack shit over this jberryhill Apr 2017 #2

"Didn't we learn anything from Libya?" gratuitous Apr 2017 #3

Whoever thought Trump had a position on anything besides profit is an idiot world wide wally Apr 2017 #4

I think this is a cheap way for the Comrade to "distance" himself from Russia. NewDealProgressive Apr 2017 #5

It's not like he did it in 2012 or anything MiniMe Apr 2017 #6