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mopinko

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4. i think you are on to something.

Reply to Scrivener7 (Reply #3)

Thu Jul 15, 2021, 09:57 AM

Jul 2021

my nephew is a post nam army lifer.
he did get to see his share of combat. but when he joined, peace was seen as quite the obstacle to rising in the ranks.

eta- he told me at the time that there was a generation of stalled officers.

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The nature and purpose of conspiracy theories are obviously on our minds [View all] thucythucy Jul 2021 OP

Don't forget the con artists... Archae Jul 2021 #1

Huge grifting opportunity Effete Snob Jul 2021 #6

Yes, the willingness of right wingers to grift off the tragedy of others thucythucy Jul 2021 #10

The widespread rumor that The Wizard Jul 2021 #2

This is something else that Doug Anderson recounts in his book. thucythucy Jul 2021 #11

Sounds like a great book. Thanks. I'm reserving it from the library now. Scrivener7 Jul 2021 #3

i think you are on to something. mopinko Jul 2021 #4

That's an interesting thought. thucythucy Jul 2021 #13

Right. And it conveniently forgets the fact, that your post shows clearly, that they Scrivener7 Jul 2021 #14

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Now we have Iraq which was going to be a cakewalk. keithbvadu2 Jul 2021 #9

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