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dixiegrrrrl

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16. True, that.

Reply to Elmer S. E. Dump (Reply #15)

Wed Mar 25, 2015, 12:28 PM

Mar 2015

In fact, incursions are already happening.
But I do prefer Saudis defend their borders rather than us doing it for them.
Altho I figure we are already involved, more than is known.

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True, that. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2015 #16

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