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joshcryer

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10. This is reasonable, actually, but it's not direct.

Reply to silverweb (Reply #2)

Wed Sep 17, 2014, 03:13 AM

Sep 2014

It's more of a MIC nurtured and facilitated thing. It's self-perpetuating.

People talking about US Army bases around the world are possibly overlooking just how many the US has at home and how much it is entrenched into our economy.

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