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BeyondGeography

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19. Fully agree

Reply to gratuitous (Reply #18)

Mon Dec 9, 2019, 01:49 PM

Dec 2019

This is an earthquake; some of the details are hard to stomach even if you shouldn't be shocked. I'm still processing it, tbh. But you know the media will be goaded by twittler into doing just that (focusing on 09-16) and they will cave.

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WaPo Exclusive: US officials misled public about War in Afghanistan [View all] Dennis Donovan Dec 2019 OP

Bush, trump AND Obama. It's horrible. mucifer Dec 2019 #1

Oil/Heroin/Arms Money Laundromat Nature Man Dec 2019 #2

So, what's gonna be done about it? 3Hotdogs Dec 2019 #3

What makes government contractors richest exboyfil Dec 2019 #4

So my daughter was stationed there ismnotwasm Dec 2019 #5

Nailed it. greatauntoftriplets Dec 2019 #6

Isn't this a lose lose situation? zaj Dec 2019 #7

Sounds like Vietnam all over again. We never learn. jalan48 Dec 2019 #8

We don't want to learn. We want to conquer and grab resources for profits bucolic_frolic Dec 2019 #10

I agree. jalan48 Dec 2019 #12

Yup! The Pentagon Papers told us that the South was never going to stand up and or win the war Botany Dec 2019 #11

Charlie Wilson's War bucolic_frolic Dec 2019 #9

A billion here, a billion there... Dennis Donovan Dec 2019 #13

sombody on here had this saying , war is a rackett. vietnam, cambodia, laos , and AllaN01Bear Dec 2019 #14

I believe that's what Gen. Smedley Butler said. nt tblue37 Dec 2019 #15

"Katie Graham's gonna get her tit caught in a big fat wringer if that's ever published." mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2019 #16

Finally, evidence of bipartisanship BeyondGeography Dec 2019 #17

Yes it does gratuitous Dec 2019 #18

Fully agree BeyondGeography Dec 2019 #19