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yurbud

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Sun Aug 31, 2014, 08:42 PM Aug 2014

Is the military-industrial crowd throwing all kinds of shit at the wall to see what sticks? [View all]

Last edited Sun Aug 31, 2014, 09:17 PM - Edit history (1)

Seriously, demonizing Russia and to a lesser extent China, destabilizing a different Middle East country every week, going back to Iraq, trying to use our destabilization effort in Syria as an excuse to bomb that country...

I kind of expect to hear that Germany has made a secret anti-US pact with Mexico and Great Britain is pressing American sailors into the Royal Navy at sea any day now.

Or possibly a civil war at home or alien invasion.

They will keep going until some shit sticks.

Or are we just the innocent victims of a world coming apart and coming after us?


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They are going to throw shit at the wall until it sticks and the public buys something.
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They don't care whether we believe it or not. They will start some or all of these wars if it benefits the financial interests who call the shots in Washington
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Our government is just the innocent victim of a world coming apart and are doing their best to help other countries
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The military-industrial crowd is going to do whatever big financial interests want it to do. Louisiana1976 Aug 2014 #1
Other: OilemFirchen Aug 2014 #2
so the turmoil in the world isn't our government's doing OR not their doing? yurbud Aug 2014 #3
. yurbud Sep 2014 #4
Erect Bogeyman, wave flag, declare we need protection, give more money to the MIC. Tierra_y_Libertad Sep 2014 #5
I hadn't seen that one before. yurbud Sep 2014 #6
Not many people see the world as it really is. LuvNewcastle Sep 2014 #7
No, there are real trouble spots that we are right to be concerned with. TwilightGardener Sep 2014 #8
If the world were really as simple as people here want to believe BainsBane Sep 2014 #9
No Isis? "Homeland Security warns of possible Isis attack on U.S. border" jakeXT Sep 2014 #10
What would they gain from that because giving us an excuse to kill a lot of them? yurbud Sep 2014 #11
I meant in your list ... ISIS coming to the US border /nt jakeXT Sep 2014 #15
If our government was worried about the threat from "ISIS," they would have told our allies in the yurbud Sep 2014 #12
Do you remember all those terror alerts after 9/11? yurbud Sep 2014 #14
Another one: "Missing Libyan jetliners raise fears of terror attacks on 9/11" jakeXT Sep 2014 #16
Washington Times? That's a bit sketchy. The question with a story like that is "therefore what"? yurbud Sep 2014 #17
Is our strawmen learning? nt Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2014 #13
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