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forest444

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5. If this were happening anywhere else,
Fri Oct 9, 2015, 06:01 PM
Oct 2015

our State Department -and media- would refer to the bullying country as a rogue state, slap sanctions on it (especially military sanctions), and before long, spend billions to arm the rebels no matter what they may or may not have done in the past.

But instead, we're expected to parrot "staunch ally, staunch ally" without anyone asking why that is exactly, or what if anything we're getting in return.

Orwell would be proud.

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