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ieoeja

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24. Bush, Tora Bora, 2001. Rumsfeld, Pakistan, 2005. Obama, Pakistan, 2011.

Reply to Grassy Knoll (Original post)

Thu May 3, 2012, 11:27 AM

May 2012

One of these things is not like the other. Two of these things do not belong.

We could toss "Carter, Iran, 1980" into the mix as well. It failed, but he made the gutsy call. Then there was "Clinton, Somalia, 1993" which succeeded, but was redefined as a failure by the GOP (which the military blames on the "Liberal Media" ignoring the fact that the news pretty much did nothing except give the GOP a platform).

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