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Brigid

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12. Youssef is right.
Fri Feb 20, 2015, 11:36 PM
Feb 2015

There really is nothing we can do, and anything we might try is almost certain to make the situation worse.

They wanted this to happen Elmer S. E. Dump Feb 2015 #1
And I can't help but think of Abraham Lincoln: "I may walk slow," he said, "but I never walk back." Journeyman Feb 2015 #2
ISIS tried to attack the base......slaughtered like cattle. The base is in little danger. Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #3
Is there a link for this info? Renew Deal Feb 2015 #9
You're saying they attacked the Marines? Please give me a link or story name to learn more. TIA. freshwest Feb 2015 #15
The Marines weren't involved in repelling the attack-- TwilightGardener Feb 2015 #18
Thanks, I couldn't access that site. but found two. Pretty confusing reports. freshwest Feb 2015 #19
This time tiptonic Feb 2015 #4
Probably why repukes aren't screaming louder for boots on the ground wordpix Feb 2015 #6
Its Time to burn ISIS, to stone ash. Historic NY Feb 2015 #5
Easier said than done. ohnoyoudidnt Feb 2015 #17
those poor people being starved to death wordpix Feb 2015 #7
Hedges: The Terror We Give Is the Terror We Get markpkessinger Feb 2015 #8
About a month ago, Brigid Feb 2015 #10
To quote a current post in Good Reads . . . markpkessinger Feb 2015 #11
Youssef is right. Brigid Feb 2015 #12
Third Iraq War, starting soon. WWIII to follow. Kennah Feb 2015 #13
Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2015 #14
Seriously... ReRe Feb 2015 #16
ISIS fanatics sicken me. Octoberfurst Feb 2015 #20
Locking - duplicate topic - Note this happened several days ago OKNancy Feb 2015 #21
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