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nmgaucho

(527 posts) Fri May 18, 2018, 04:53 PM May 2018

If we want our kids to be safe, slap some body armor on 'em and send 'em to Afghanistan.

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More American kids have been killed in shootings at their schools this year than U.S. military...... (Original Post) nmgaucho May 2018 OP

Sometimes I wonder if that's the idea. smirkymonkey May 2018 #1

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1. Sometimes I wonder if that's the idea.

Fri May 18, 2018, 05:03 PM

May 2018

"Hey kids! Drop out of school and join the Army! You'll be a hell of a lot safer over there than you will be here!"