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Middle East

ms liberty

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2. America has done this before. I believe it was Dubya the last time. Maybe the Arab Spring uprising?

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Sun Jan 18, 2026, 09:04 AM

6 hrs ago

We like to promise our support and then metaphorically sit on our hands.
In my memory it's always been the effing Repukes, but I could be wrong. We've had our own spoilsports over the years.

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