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IronLionZion

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7. The cold war was getting hot back then

Reply to TomVilmer (Reply #3)

Fri Feb 9, 2018, 11:19 AM

Feb 2018

with a Cuban missile crisis and Berlin airlift among other Soviet-related issues.

The only reason to tear up the streets of DC with heavy military equipment now is to compensate for tiny hands.

Bring the troops home from Afghanistan, defeat ISIS and Al Qaeda and bring troops home and maybe we'll discuss having a parade after providing the proper medical treatment, jobs, and housing for our veterans.

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