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Sunlei

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65. what I was ashamed of was our military acting like that SLAUGHTER was some great victory.
Wed Mar 1, 2017, 08:48 PM
Mar 2017

Our government allowed that 'victory' to snowball into so much worse stuff, years of slaughter, wars, torture, revenge attacks.



torture of Iraqi prisoners and trump voted in gopiscrap Mar 2017 #1
Seconded! FiveGoodMen Mar 2017 #4
I put Abu Ghraib second sarah FAILIN Mar 2017 #37
which one were you most ashamed of? Demonaut Mar 2017 #50
Now... Wounded Bear Mar 2017 #2
Trump. nycbos Mar 2017 #3
Yep. nt bunnies Mar 2017 #6
welcome to DU gopiscrap Mar 2017 #8
Appreciate it... nycbos Mar 2017 #17
Trump voted in crazycatlady Mar 2017 #5
welcome to DU gopiscrap Mar 2017 #7
which one were you most ashamed of? Demonaut Mar 2017 #51
Probably Newtown crazycatlady Mar 2017 #53
What really got to me concerning Sandy Hook madokie Mar 2017 #64
Trump's win. I never imagined an imbecile could be elected POTUS. Vinca Mar 2017 #9
he wasn't, they fucking cheated gopiscrap Mar 2017 #12
+1,000 n/t malaise Mar 2017 #15
Good point, but win or lose we're stuck with the asshole. Vinca Mar 2017 #18
Yep, that cheating bastard trump's "win", also him bringing a white supremacist into the White House brush Mar 2017 #106
November 8th 2016 Doreen Mar 2017 #10
2000 election, Iraq war and now. nt femmocrat Mar 2017 #11
pretty much with you on that gopiscrap Mar 2017 #14
which one were you most ashamed of? Demonaut Mar 2017 #52
I think the war. femmocrat Mar 2017 #91
Interesting You Say That ProfessorGAC Mar 2017 #112
King Philip's War was a good one Gabi Hayes Mar 2017 #13
No kidding gopiscrap Mar 2017 #16
Excellent choice. The precedent for much that followed in American history. kwassa Mar 2017 #75
In your lifetime, eh? chade Mar 2017 #85
When Kissinger scuttled the Paris Peace Accord, when Reagan traded weapons to our enemies randr Mar 2017 #19
yup those are also high on my list gopiscrap Mar 2017 #21
when Reaganwas allowed to union bust, fire 20,000?air traffic controllers- that was a pivotal point Sunlei Mar 2017 #40
which one were you most ashamed of? Demonaut Mar 2017 #49
The last election randr Mar 2017 #88
Right Fucking Now hatrack Mar 2017 #20
I sort of feel like that also gopiscrap Mar 2017 #22
"Last plane out of Danang"....Thanks for bringing that up. I was in high school and remember being skylucy Mar 2017 #38
Jim Crow laws Seedersandleechers Mar 2017 #23
2008 market crash miyazaki Mar 2017 #24
Wounded Knee and the genocide of the Native Americans NightWatcher Mar 2017 #25
1619 - 1865 rug Mar 2017 #26
Pre-Civil War, Native American extermination attempts, Jim Crow, jack69 Mar 2017 #27
during your lifetime? you're quite elderly :) Sunlei Mar 2017 #30
Actually, I am. jack69 Mar 2017 #46
oh! Thank God the 'pre civil war' wasn't in your lifetime. Sunlei Mar 2017 #47
Shh, That's supposed to be a secret! jack69 Mar 2017 #92
Decent people honestly try to do what is right and good. They may be dead wrong. yallerdawg Mar 2017 #28
when 'we' went in to "Free Kuwait" from the group of terrorists who 'took over their town'. They lef Sunlei Mar 2017 #29
it was the Iraqi army, leaving with looted goods Demonaut Mar 2017 #54
what I was ashamed of was our military acting like that SLAUGHTER was some great victory. Sunlei Mar 2017 #65
it was very ugly...it was very disgusting Demonaut Mar 2017 #66
Every day since November 8, 2016. Butterflylady Mar 2017 #31
I can't think of any Jamaal510 Mar 2017 #32
which one were you most ashamed of? Demonaut Mar 2017 #60
Out of those Jamaal510 Mar 2017 #96
In my lifetime I have watched great leaders be assassinated (Martin Luther King, President Kennedy, skylucy Mar 2017 #33
The prejudice against Arabs and Muslims MountCleaners Mar 2017 #34
which one were you most ashamed of? Demonaut Mar 2017 #56
when the Supreme Court installed their favorite candidate as "president" Skittles Mar 2017 #35
Right now Hayduke Bomgarte Mar 2017 #36
1968, Second Iraq War and every day since the 2016 campaign began. rzemanfl Mar 2017 #39
which one were you most ashamed of? Demonaut Mar 2017 #57
Given aging and each following the other I don't think I can say. rzemanfl Mar 2017 #61
taken to heaven05 Mar 2017 #41
Why on earth did your father... 3catwoman3 Mar 2017 #62
I was 8 years old heaven05 Mar 2017 #95
Thank you for answering my question. 3catwoman3 Mar 2017 #97
No disrespect taken heaven05 Mar 2017 #99
We had 3 cats at the time I chose the screen name. 3catwoman3 Mar 2017 #100
Today. Everyday I'm more ashamed bravenak Mar 2017 #42
Three come to mind bhikkhu Mar 2017 #43
which one were you most ashamed of? Demonaut Mar 2017 #58
Give it a rest pal. panader0 Mar 2017 #70
are we pals? Demonaut Mar 2017 #94
Internment of Japanese Americans NurseJackie Mar 2017 #44
The date of democracy's death: 11/8/16. Initech Mar 2017 #45
Trump election Takket Mar 2017 #48
November 9, 2016 Panich52 Mar 2017 #55
The whole Iraq debacle Trailrider1951 Mar 2017 #59
Another vote for NOW. 3catwoman3 Mar 2017 #63
When the American people wore Ollie for President buttons and celebrated Oliver North as a hero. StevieM Mar 2017 #67
July 4, 1776. Something about "all men are created equal" unless they KingCharlemagne Mar 2017 #68
Wow ! You've been around a looooong time. virgogal Mar 2017 #71
LOL I missed the qualifier on my first pass. Seriously, thiugh, this country was founded on KingCharlemagne Mar 2017 #103
4 dead in OHIO. boston bean Mar 2017 #69
Response (lack of) to Hurricane Katrina Best_man23 Mar 2017 #72
the accquital of the LAPD officers in the Rodney King beating. logosoco Mar 2017 #73
The Little Rock students being screamed at as they entered school. Boomerproud Mar 2017 #74
I think the first time I felt shame, I was 9, 1957, mountain grammy Mar 2017 #76
Kent State kwassa Mar 2017 #77
these... InformedElitist Mar 2017 #78
It used to be December 2000 when the supreme court gave the presidency to bush kimbutgar Mar 2017 #79
You posted exactly what I wanted to say. mainstreetonce Mar 2017 #81
Bush v Gore. muntrv Mar 2017 #80
The crack/Iran, Contra, mandatory minimums ghostsinthemachine Mar 2017 #82
Trump election TNLib Mar 2017 #83
The way Americans...AMERICANS!...Carried on about Princess Di dying AngryAmish Mar 2017 #84
Because he approves of the most shameful things our nation has done Dark n Stormy Knight Mar 2017 #86
Let's see, in my life time? So many, that's a hard one. YOHABLO Mar 2017 #87
The election of Trump is obvious, so I'll pick another event. liquid diamond Mar 2017 #89
This second. democratisphere Mar 2017 #90
Without question choie Mar 2017 #93
RFK Assassination. Nt WiffenPoof Mar 2017 #98
The entire blood-soaked year of 1968. VOX Mar 2017 #101
Over a million innocent Iraqis killed flamingdem Mar 2017 #102
Never Hugo24601 Mar 2017 #104
I think when the government gave Native Americans blankets infected with smallpox. Evil stuff. jalan48 Mar 2017 #105
None GulfCoast66 Mar 2017 #107
Starting w the Kennedy assassination(s) + Malcolm X, M.L. King Jr... GReedDiamond Mar 2017 #108
When the US and its allied countries invaded Iraq, thus creating ISIS! akbacchus_BC Mar 2017 #109
I only have post-1976 to work with meadowlander Mar 2017 #110
Ashamed Girl powers Mar 2017 #111
Now. raven mad Mar 2017 #113
Donald goddam motherfucking Trump is the actual President of the USA. Iggo Mar 2017 #114
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