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DaveT

(687 posts)
16. At some point you wake up
Sat Jan 2, 2016, 02:41 PM
Jan 2016

and realize that the moralizing stories you keep hearing from the Blood Bath that would come to Vietnam if we left, through the incubators in Kuwait, to the cutting off of heads by ISIS are all propaganda tools. Some are true, some are stretchers and some are bald faced lies, but their truth or falsity has nothing to do with why you hear them. Certainly not to stop such atrocities from happening, as you can see by all the brutality done by our "friends" like the Saudis.

Could somebody please explain how ISIS or Assad is any worse than the Saudis?

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And We call these barbarian bastards ALLIES??!? lastlib Jan 2016 #1
there is something seriously wrong and what a cultural difference MariaThinks Jan 2016 #2
this is seriously fucked up.... dhill926 Jan 2016 #3
...savages. SoapBox Jan 2016 #4
Allies. A satellite state, even. JackRiddler Jan 2016 #23
Our friends, the Saudis. eom saltpoint Jan 2016 #5
yup corkhead Jan 2016 #9
Bush's bestest buddies in the whole universe. 47of74 Jan 2016 #21
Its pretty bi-partisan... former9thward Jan 2016 #22
Shhh, we want to pretend it's only Bushes! JackRiddler Jan 2016 #24
Here's the Common Dreams article... truth2power Jan 2016 #31
At least it wasn't a bunch of insane fundamentalist religious fanatics doing Warren Stupidity Jan 2016 #6
I smell the BFEE SoLeftIAmRight Jan 2016 #7
Our main ally in the war on terror and spreading democracy. CJCRANE Jan 2016 #8
I'm starting to really hate these *'es. nt. polly7 Jan 2016 #10
You shouldn't. JackRiddler Jan 2016 #25
I have no trouble acccepting other religions but this action is beyond the pale. Paper Roses Jan 2016 #11
i can accept other religions if they accept mine. MariaThinks Jan 2016 #13
Selling us cheap oil buys a lot of latitude. thesquanderer Jan 2016 #12
aye, there's the rub....... lastlib Jan 2016 #18
Their oil is currently irrelevant to "us." JackRiddler Jan 2016 #26
Good point, but the bottom line is still... oil. (n/t) thesquanderer Jan 2016 #27
Not quite. JackRiddler Jan 2016 #29
Seems like they killed many this time flamingdem Jan 2016 #14
i wonder how many women were killed - maybe just for exposing their elbows MariaThinks Jan 2016 #15
At some point you wake up DaveT Jan 2016 #16
"ISIS" is the Saudis JackRiddler Jan 2016 #28
Maria, I feel powerless. saidsimplesimon Jan 2016 #17
I bet NBC Nightly news leads w. this tonite. Smarmie Doofus Jan 2016 #19
This message was self-deleted by its author 47of74 Jan 2016 #20
Iran is going to get even against them. bdwker Jan 2016 #30
Locking... BooScout Jan 2016 #32
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