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H2O Man

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13. Right.

Reply to RufusTFirefly (Reply #3)

Tue Sep 30, 2014, 10:14 AM

Sep 2014

If it were as simple as the radical Muslims hating "freedom," it would be rather difficult to explain why they fought so hard to expel the USSR from Afghanistan.

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Thank you. H2O Man Sep 2014 #11

There is an old principle taught to fledgeling officers at West Point. Jackpine Radical Sep 2014 #2

Possibility of Neocons working with RW Fundamentalists on Armageddon? KoKo Sep 2014 #10

"Do SOMETHING" ! H2O Man Sep 2014 #12

Or, to shamelessly paraphrase Jay Gould, Jackpine Radical Sep 2014 #14

Mecca and Medina RufusTFirefly Sep 2014 #3

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I believe it will prove successful, here is one micro example. Uncle Joe Sep 2014 #4

Thanks. H2O Man Sep 2014 #16

I agree, H2O Man, Cheney/Bush left a mess. Uncle Joe Sep 2014 #18

Why do you believe so many Americans support this, though. KoKo Sep 2014 #5

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Fair Enough....but the photos of children from GAZA Bombings KoKo Sep 2014 #9

Great questions. H2O Man Sep 2014 #17

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