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delrem

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3. It's called payola and coercion,

Reply to Purveyor (Reply #1)

Sun Oct 25, 2015, 04:51 AM

Oct 2015

and the venality of political leaders, in power, who knowingly and willfully lie to the world so as to make way for their bloodthirsty backers, the war profiteers.
There's nobody worse than those people, like Blair, who plotted out such a war crime over such a long period of time, who carried out the war crime, and who smiled and smiled and smiled. Talk about first degree culpability.

I don't give ANY of them the excuse that they got tricked into it. Not even close.

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I can't fault one that admits their failings, now spill the Purveyor Oct 2015 #1

It's called payola and coercion, delrem Oct 2015 #3

I'm impressed! He evolved. delrem Oct 2015 #2

Somebody nudge me awake when he apologizes for Denzil_DC Oct 2015 #4

The classic "apology" of the school bully. non sociopath skin Oct 2015 #5