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sandensea

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16. Thank you. And your description's undeniable.
Tue Jun 25, 2019, 01:29 AM
Jun 2019

Sometimes I feel countries are like people in that respect:

We go through certain things to learn important lessons - and not all of those are easy.

Of course though, after Bush I thought we might have been past all this war-drum, chest pounding business.

And maybe we are. I might be that Bolton will find it harder to string the voters along this time around.

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The Orange Oaf thinks this will guarantee him re-election sandensea Jun 2019 #1
Does no one remember Iraq or Afghanistan?? Rhiannon12866 Jun 2019 #2
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jun 2019 #4
Well, that's the 'beauty' of 9/11 sandensea Jun 2019 #8
None of the 9/11 hijackers were from Iran, either Rhiannon12866 Jun 2019 #9
They don't care sandensea Jun 2019 #10
The only reason that Iraq survived the Iran-Iraq war of the '80s Rhiannon12866 Jun 2019 #11
You know that, and I know that - but all this is MUCH too much for your avg. GOP voter to comprehend sandensea Jun 2019 #12
I'm afraid that you're right - but only coming from those who remember that far back Rhiannon12866 Jun 2019 #13
Which makes Trump the perfect president for scheming neo-cons sandensea Jun 2019 #14
You're absolutely right on all counts! Rhiannon12866 Jun 2019 #15
Thank you. And your description's undeniable. sandensea Jun 2019 #16
That's the thing! Didn't we learn anything from Iraq and Afghanistan?? Rhiannon12866 Jun 2019 #17
Thank goodness for his pal Putin - at least in this one instance. sandensea Jun 2019 #18
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jun 2019 #3
He is so inept that he puts this country in danger every single day Rhiannon12866 Jun 2019 #5
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jun 2019 #6
Every time we think it can't possibly get worse, he manages to top himself Rhiannon12866 Jun 2019 #7
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