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FSogol

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6. True. n/t

Reply to The Magistrate (Reply #1)

Wed Mar 26, 2014, 07:19 PM

Mar 2014

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Obama Whitewashes World War I [View all] Scuba Mar 2014 OP

What We Have Here, Sir, Is Some Serious Obama Derangement Syndrome The Magistrate Mar 2014 #1

War is inhuman. Are you for humanity or against it? nt Deep13 Mar 2014 #3

You Ask That, Sir, Of A Man Who Breakfasts On Puppies, In A Light Curry Sauce? The Magistrate Mar 2014 #14

I just want you to know you made my day. Benton D Struckcheon Mar 2014 #26

LOL. nt Cali_Democrat Mar 2014 #30

What the hell is wrong with you?!?! Nuclear Unicorn Mar 2014 #32

With a cold lager, I'd expect. Igel Mar 2014 #37

I was starting to get angry at yet another Obama slam mcar Mar 2014 #34

It still would have been an inappropriate time and place Blue_Tires Mar 2014 #21

Oh really? JackRiddler Mar 2014 #24

And guess what? Had he said something like the writer wanted Blue_Tires Mar 2014 #28

This message was self-deleted by its author JackRiddler Mar 2014 #31

i sometimes get the impression renegade000 Mar 2014 #42

True. n/t FSogol Mar 2014 #6

I swear to god I had to re-read the piece twice Blue_Tires Mar 2014 #11

Poe's Law is relevant to this. -nt Liberal Veteran Mar 2014 #25

Truth Boom Sound 416 Mar 2014 #13

Right? Bobbie Jo Mar 2014 #19

They weren't fighting for freedom... Deep13 Mar 2014 #2

Yeah, no. Imagine the shitstorm if he'd said "What a waste." n/t Loudly Mar 2014 #4

It would have been an interesting week if Barack did that and Michelle told China its schools suck. Liberal Veteran Mar 2014 #12

Fortunately Obama has better manners than to go into a rant OKNancy Mar 2014 #5

Yeah, Obama should have told the Belgians WWI was a sick joke Blue_Tires Mar 2014 #7

You know he was at the American Cemetary there, don't you? Scuba Mar 2014 #10

I know it would have been no less fucked up no matter Blue_Tires Mar 2014 #16

Ah the glories of war ... GeorgeGist Mar 2014 #46

Actually I blame WW1 on Obama himself Cali_Democrat Mar 2014 #8

Look at that, Boom Sound 416 Mar 2014 #15

You be killin it! bravenak Mar 2014 #22

Quick! Someone call Fox News! Liberal Veteran Mar 2014 #23

ofercrissake lamp_shade Mar 2014 #9

Idiotic. No world leader is going to deconstruct this sort of old mythology in a public speech. scarletwoman Mar 2014 #17

I'll rec...I don't blame Obama too much, but he could have talked about joeybee12 Mar 2014 #18

scuba, he ain't responsible for 1916 irisblue Mar 2014 #20

Power cannot tell the truth about war. earthside Mar 2014 #27

True - as long as it's important to maintain the status quo... polichick Mar 2014 #41

The greatest irony of WW1 is that it had no "bad guys". Xithras Mar 2014 #29

I'm sorry, but that is ridiculous... ljm2002 Mar 2014 #33

Weird, 'cause I feel he disrespected them by repeating the old lie. Scuba Mar 2014 #35

So, when Abraham Lincoln gave the Gettysburg Address he was being disrespectful? blue neen Mar 2014 #36

I'm guessing that if he disrespected them, Blue_Tires Mar 2014 #40

Not the time? earthside Mar 2014 #45

Political history from an alternate universe. kwassa Mar 2014 #38

In Belgium, saying they died for profit, not freedom, would have been very insulting muriel_volestrangler Mar 2014 #39

Wheel. Of. Outrage. JoePhilly Mar 2014 #43

How can you pretend to be progressive in 2014, without actually having to do anything? struggle4progress Mar 2014 #44