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In reply to the discussion: Jeremy Scahill, May, 2016: The Assassination Complex [View all]valerief
(53,235 posts)24. And that employment could be re-routed to non-killing endeavors.
Same tax money, same people, different roles.
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it is easy to write about foreign policy - coulda shoulda. But decision-making isn't a novel.
tonyt53
Jun 2016
#1
Scahill's book is not a novel. It's a report on leaked docs about the 19 agency watch list program.
ancianita
Jun 2016
#4
None of this discredits the leaked documents of his book. Ad hominem is a cheap dodge to take
ancianita
Jun 2016
#5
My paraphrase. Obviously, you really don't want to watch this speech, do you. Then don't.
ancianita
Jun 2016
#7
It's age diversity that's at issue, not gender/race."Ben" Rhodes is the Deputy National Security
ancianita
Jun 2016
#8
Still haven't watched the video, have you. Yours is a pre-empt trolling strategy here.
ancianita
Jun 2016
#10
Watch the vid and you'll understand the spirit of the words, you'd rather dis the OP with niggling.
ancianita
Jun 2016
#12
Different operations. Maybe Brennan's in on those, since they're primarily drone strikes.
ancianita
Jun 2016
#30
Good question after 6/20. Do negative conclusions based on facts about Hillary merit a ban? Dunno.
ancianita
Jun 2016
#16
I think if you talk about Hillary, there'll be a ban. However, if you talk about someone else, say
valerief
Jun 2016
#17
We're always being told the U.S. is the most powerful nation on earth. What does that mean?
valerief
Jun 2016
#18
Usually control. And we were once a good powerful. Now we're a feared powerful. And not just
ancianita
Jun 2016
#19
We seldom build where we're not invited to. Other countries prefer our presence to nothing
ancianita
Jun 2016
#21