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Kid Berwyn

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3. When the USSR collapsed, we thought we would change.

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Sat Oct 16, 2021, 06:23 PM

Oct 2021

“I’m William Colby and I was the head of the CIA. The job of intelligence is to warn us of dangers to our military. Now the Cold War is over, and the military threat is far less. Now it’s time to cut our military spending by 50 percent and invest the money in our schools, health care, and our economy.”

https://quote.org/quote/im-william-colby-and-i-was-the-637521

We can see how that’s worked out.

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With the $300 Million a day we're saving by withdrawing from Afghanistan [View all] bigtree Oct 2021 OP

The real wealthy care not how money is spent rickford66 Oct 2021 #1

No we need more spending for the cold war with China. doc03 Oct 2021 #2

When the USSR collapsed, we thought we would change. Kid Berwyn Oct 2021 #3

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