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unhappycamper

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6. Afghanistan was always a distraction for dubya and crew.

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Tue Nov 26, 2013, 06:57 AM

Nov 2013

Afghanistan was the pretense to our Iraq invasion and occupation.

By time the dust settles, our Afghanistan and Iraq adventures will add at least $3 trillion dollars to the nation debt.

Poppy $ales are up and Shiria law is coming back.

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Afghanistan was always a distraction for dubya and crew. unhappycamper Nov 2013 #6