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nadinbrzezinski

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14. How shocked should I pretend to be?

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Thu Feb 28, 2013, 04:26 PM

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New Documents Show Reagan Gave Go-Ahead To Mayan Genocide [View all] kpete Feb 2013 OP

St. Ronnie was responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths in Central America. Comrade Grumpy Feb 2013 #1

And who was his VP? Poppy Bush, "former" director and long-term member of the CIA.... OldDem2012 Feb 2013 #7

^ This ^ Myrina Feb 2013 #16

Great post, CG. dreamnightwind Mar 2013 #31

Howdy, neighbor, thanks. It brought back some ugly memories. Comrade Grumpy Mar 2013 #32

What you said. In spades. DCKit Mar 2013 #35

yeah, but they're brown people datasuspect Mar 2013 #36

Disaster capitalism. jwirr Feb 2013 #2

No doubt the culprits will face trial....won't they? Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2013 #3

Well, Ollie North faced a career as a Fox News broadcaster. Comrade Grumpy Feb 2013 #8

This isn't one I am going to talk about with RWers. Kalidurga Feb 2013 #4

That's among the scariest things about this story. eom Blanks Mar 2013 #33

I meet a Salvadoran that described the torture in the 80s Ichingcarpenter Feb 2013 #5

There was no insurgency by the Mayans. ck4829 Feb 2013 #6

sit down, enjoy our ethnic meal frylock Feb 2013 #9

Another vicious, lie-cloaked profiteering Republican campaign of evil Berlum Feb 2013 #10

Gee new documents,,, benld74 Feb 2013 #11

Another forgotten chapter robbob Feb 2013 #12

Will these "new revelations" actually bring anyone to justice?? hue Feb 2013 #13

How shocked should I pretend to be? nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #14

I'm afraid to write it but the best I can come up with is malaise Mar 2013 #34

Am I supposed to be surprised by this? drm604 Feb 2013 #15

Capitalism's Invisible Army Octafish Feb 2013 #17

Indigenous "counterinsurgency" G_j Feb 2013 #18

Is the USA currently funding any Right Wing Death Squad Governments in Latin America? bvar22 Feb 2013 #19

Wikileaks' just released Ichingcarpenter Feb 2013 #21

Latin America has undergone democratization BainsBane Feb 2013 #22

The democratization of Latin America gives me hope for The World. bvar22 Feb 2013 #26

Most likely all our focus is in Middle East and African death squads. Arctic Dave Feb 2013 #29

Now that Qaddafi has been "taken care of" by the IMF and Global Banks.....err., ah..NATO, bvar22 Feb 2013 #30

Again, I'll point out this began in 1954 BainsBane Feb 2013 #20

The only possible difference... Jeff In Milwaukee Feb 2013 #23

well in fact aid to the Contras BainsBane Feb 2013 #24

A book on the pre-presidential Reagan was entitled, if my recollection is correct, "One Swell Fella" indepat Feb 2013 #25

Don't forget Poppy Bush formercia Feb 2013 #27

Wow, that was illuminating. Fantastic Anarchist Feb 2013 #28