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dixiegrrrrl

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4. This not good...

Reply to bemildred (Original post)

Thu Jul 10, 2014, 12:57 PM

Jul 2014

totally predictable, of course, but not good.

We invade a country, destroy its infrastructure, drive half the population out of the country, ruin the economy, and schools, and hospitals, and jobs..
install a puppet to govern, and then act surprised when the ignored lessons of history repeat themselves.

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Pakistani Taliban Declares Allegiance to ISIS [View all] bemildred Jul 2014 OP

w, Cheney, Rummy, and so on just had to get in there Botany Jul 2014 #1

That's really comforting, coming from a nuclear state and all... TwilightGardener Jul 2014 #2

Interview - Militants in Lebanon seek to emulate Islamic State bemildred Jul 2014 #3

This not good... dixiegrrrrl Jul 2014 #4

And many Iraqi families are now hard core America haters for killing their kin and ruining .... Botany Jul 2014 #5

Sow the wind, reap the whirlwind, and I think the wind is rising. nt bemildred Jul 2014 #6

In other news Tetris_Iguana Jul 2014 #7