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RKP5637

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1. And, it was good business for the MIC, all of the $$$$$ spent. Are we a nation of peace or a
Fri Feb 15, 2013, 10:56 AM
Feb 2013

nation of war for profit?

And, it was good business for the MIC, all of the $$$$$ spent. Are we a nation of peace or a RKP5637 Feb 2013 #1
The bidness of America is bidness Fumesucker Feb 2013 #7
It's surely our nations' biggest business investment. Everything else comes secondary to the MIC.n/t RKP5637 Feb 2013 #10
K&R libtodeath Feb 2013 #2
First we bombed Iraq, then terrorized their people (a la the buildup to the massacre at Fallujah) loudsue Feb 2013 #3
104 acres worth kenny blankenship Feb 2013 #12
Head slap. loudsue Feb 2013 #36
+1, loudsue, +1 annabanana Feb 2013 #24
President Gore would have needed a police action salib Feb 2013 #27
Gore wasn't friends with Osama & family lark Feb 2013 #40
This is extremely well said. Too bad messages like yours don't reach the masses rather than lame RKP5637 Feb 2013 #28
"We"? AnotherMcIntosh Feb 2013 #33
If, despite all efforts to the contrary, we were unable annabanana Feb 2013 #42
I agree. randome Feb 2013 #43
Are "we" all to blame? AnotherMcIntosh Feb 2013 #47
Some of us don't equate terrorists to ordinary Americans. The Link Feb 2013 #4
Yes we know.... daleanime Feb 2013 #8
I truly dig Russ Feingold. Jackpine Radical Feb 2013 #14
K&R.... daleanime Feb 2013 #5
The entire PNAC playbook was never about "freeing" people from "evildoers". Arctic Dave Feb 2013 #6
Disagree, respectfully lark Feb 2013 #41
What is it about drones that have anything to do with your central point? randome Feb 2013 #9
Yes, but ordinary warfare is so much messier for our side. Jackpine Radical Feb 2013 #11
My point is that physically invading a country results in many more civilian deaths. randome Feb 2013 #13
I'm saying that the mutuality of the messiness of conventional warfare Jackpine Radical Feb 2013 #15
Good point, the core question is, "...why not debate the reason we are in other countries in the RKP5637 Feb 2013 #16
We already pretty much own the world. We need to admit that. randome Feb 2013 #18
Well said, and especially your last sentence!!! n/t RKP5637 Feb 2013 #20
The Problem Of Starting A War... KharmaTrain Feb 2013 #17
Of COURSE Karzai will fall. Jackpine Radical Feb 2013 #21
wars are/historically have been almost always about resources of the non-human kind stupidicus Feb 2013 #19
Yes, this makes perfect sense. Jackpine Radical Feb 2013 #25
Thanks for posting this! I'll watch it all later. It looks quite good! n/t RKP5637 Feb 2013 #29
The ingrates don't realize that we're killing their families for their own good. Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2013 #22
Right, they need to look forward not backward grahamhgreen Feb 2013 #32
The USA should nationalize its Defense Industries. Octafish Feb 2013 #23
Why stop there? Jackpine Radical Feb 2013 #26
Oustanding suggestion, yours. Octafish Feb 2013 #34
Yes, and that is a concise list Jackpine Radical Feb 2013 #39
And it cost us 2 billion every week! While they propose starving grandma. grahamhgreen Feb 2013 #30
"What you mean 'we,' Kemo Sabe?" AnotherMcIntosh Feb 2013 #31
More reasons to conclude.. truth2power Feb 2013 #35
I didn't go anywhere near that area for a reason. Jackpine Radical Feb 2013 #44
I understand. truth2power Feb 2013 #46
All wars are industry wars. nt valerief Feb 2013 #37
Glad to see this with its own thread Oilwellian Feb 2013 #38
The MIC requires a permanent war budget. Also, Afghanistan has poppies Fire Walk With Me Feb 2013 #45
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