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JackRiddler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-21-11 01:48 PM
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55. US war spending is one of the reasons there is a famine in Somalia.
The US armed and backed the Ethiopian invasion that chased the Islamic Courts out of Mogadishu, ending the most effective government Somalia has had in decades.
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  -Alan Grayson's BRILLIANT Way To Save $2 Trillion kpete  Jul-20-11 07:16 PM   #0 
  - Hear, hear!  GreenPartyVoter   Jul-20-11 07:20 PM   #1 
  - Cheers to Alan Grayson!  GreenTea   Jul-21-11 02:29 PM   #60 
     - Yes, cheers, Green Tea, All he is saying, is give peace a chance.  vanbean   Jul-21-11 06:39 PM   #78 
  - I received that e-mail from Grayson too.  muntrv   Jul-20-11 07:20 PM   #2 
  - Amen....n/t  DearAbby   Jul-20-11 07:20 PM   #3 
  - He has it right.  CaliforniaPeggy   Jul-20-11 07:21 PM   #4 
  - Genius. K&R n/t  myrna minx   Jul-20-11 07:22 PM   #5 
  - Now he is a real democrat!!  Dappleganger   Jul-20-11 07:23 PM   #6 
  - I wish he were President. Think Harry Truman and FDR in outlook  roguevalley   Jul-21-11 04:46 PM   #68 
  - .  Blue-Jay   Jul-20-11 07:24 PM   #7 
  - K&R n/t  OneGrassRoot   Jul-20-11 07:26 PM   #8 
  - Let's see....  AlbertCat   Jul-21-11 10:33 AM   # 
     - That about sums it up...  OneGrassRoot   Jul-21-11 10:43 AM   #35 
  - k & r  girl gone mad   Jul-20-11 07:30 PM   #9 
  - Amen, again. (nt)  enough   Jul-20-11 07:33 PM   #10 
  - But if we have no war..  AsahinaKimi   Jul-20-11 07:38 PM   #11 
  - Exactly - wars for profit,  Initech   Jul-20-11 08:03 PM   #12 
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  - It's been tried.  The Doctor.   Jul-21-11 04:41 PM   #67 
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  - k and r  Stuart G   Jul-21-11 06:11 PM   #76 
  - He's my man.  Gregorian   Jul-20-11 08:07 PM   #14 
  - K&R!!  BumRushDaShow   Jul-20-11 08:12 PM   #15 
  - peace, oh glorious peace  kpete   Jul-20-11 09:04 PM   #16 
  - K & R!  Lorien   Jul-20-11 10:38 PM   #17 
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  - it makes so much sense ...  awoke_in_2003   Jul-20-11 11:58 PM   #19 
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  - psst.... No "now" about it. It always has been a radical lefty idea. n/t  TygrBright   Jul-21-11 10:48 AM   #38 
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     - +1  libmom74   Jul-21-11 12:29 PM   #47 
  - Once again - thank you Alan Grayson.  jwirr   Jul-21-11 10:36 AM   #32 
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  - One thing that I think he could mention  Thav   Jul-21-11 10:58 AM   #39 
  - can you imagine a full press massive FDR style jobs program  newspeak   Jul-21-11 11:24 AM   #40 
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  - Peace  nineteen50   Jul-21-11 11:41 AM   #43 
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  - K&R  me b zola   Jul-21-11 12:30 PM   #48 
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  - Bwahaha...yeaah right. The US government is nothing but a front for the MIC.  Evoman   Jul-21-11 12:32 PM   #50 
  - Kn R DUDE  FogerRox   Jul-21-11 12:34 PM   #51 
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  - US war spending is one of the reasons there is a famine in Somalia.  JackRiddler   Jul-21-11 01:48 PM   #55 
     - It is even more ironic that  Harmony Blue   Jul-21-11 01:52 PM   #58 
     - these policies fueled by greed are evil and obscene..nt  xiamiam   Jul-21-11 05:47 PM   #74 
  - My mantra for a while has been:  Lifelong Protester   Jul-21-11 01:40 PM   #53 
  - I've been saying this for years!!! I lived through Vietnam era  demigoddess   Jul-21-11 01:52 PM   #56 
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  - But there are still so many countries we have to invade  MissDeeds   Jul-21-11 06:25 PM   #77 
 

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