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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 12:51 PM Original message |
Why are we still in Afghanistan? Iraq? |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
1. It's a CYA effort to avoid acknowledging 2 lost colonial wars. aka - PR |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 01:01 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Noam Chomsky was right - the US is a rogue state |
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montanacowboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
2. Yep, I sure love the new "transparency" |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 01:18 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. He "won" because the real owners of the country wanted a friendlier face for now, that's it |
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billyoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
4. For the money. |
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robdogbucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
6. In part because |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
7. Oil companies, contracts, and a pipeline |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 01:44 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. And don't forget the pretty flowers |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
8. Maintaining an empire means never having to say "we're broke"? |
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timtom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
10. OK! I'm so glad you asked. |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
11. Recommended |
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SIMPLYB1980 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
12. So how do you take that FUCK AMERICA attitude, |
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truth2power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
13. Caspian pipeline. eom |
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nichomachus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
14. Here's the answer |
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Soylent Brice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 03:26 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. that's a pretty accurate assessment of why |
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Soylent Brice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
15. FUCK YEAH. |
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