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Jack Rabbit

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2. Whether or not demonstrators are violent is a red herring

Reply to The Northerner (Original post)

Mon May 21, 2012, 04:30 PM

May 2012

Twenty years after the end of the Cold War, NATO's raison d'etre, NATO still exists as a military alliance. Why? The United States is having a financial crisis, so why are we continuing to spend enormous sums of money maintaining a military alliance to defend against attacks and provocations from the Soviet Union?

Of course, I think I know the answer, I just want to hear someone official say it.

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'NATO war machine responsible for global violence' [View all] The Northerner May 2012 OP

When Empire-USA & their troops & police do mayhem & murder 99th_Monkey May 2012 #1

Whether or not demonstrators are violent is a red herring Jack Rabbit May 2012 #2