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bvar22

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2. Congresswoman Barbara Lee...
Mon May 23, 2016, 06:00 PM
May 2016

..was the ONLY elected official to vote NO on the original AUMF giving Bush permission to invade Afghanistan.

I supported her vote. Even that early, enough information was available to determine that Afghanistan did not attack us on 9/11, but a handful of Saudi criminals hiding in some warlord's desert organized the attack. 99.99% of the The Afghans we killed were entirely innocent.

Barbara Lee STOOD ALONE.
I admire that courage.

Somewhere in the archives is an OP of mine titled:
"Drop Big Macs, Blue Jeans, and $100 Bills on Afghanistan, NOT bombs."
It would have been cheaper, and much more effective.

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