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RE: The War-Mongers Will Lose Their Fucking Minds.....
February 24, 2014 at 12:57 pm
Excuse me if I'm too cynical and think that the defense contractor's lobby is too powerful to let something like this happen.
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RE: The War-Mongers Will Lose Their Fucking Minds.....
February 24, 2014 at 1:00 pm
They are slapping John McCain's face right now to get him out of his early-morning coma and parade him before the TV cameras to demand the ability to bomb the fucking shit out of anyone, anywhere!
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RE: The War-Mongers Will Lose Their Fucking Minds.....
February 24, 2014 at 1:03 pm
I'm all for it. All we need to do is protect our borders. We need the ability to project power, not to actually project it.
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RE: The War-Mongers Will Lose Their Fucking Minds.....
February 24, 2014 at 2:25 pm
I'll believe it when it happens. If true, it's certainly welcome news.
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RE: The War-Mongers Will Lose Their Fucking Minds.....
February 24, 2014 at 2:30 pm
The cynic in me thinks that Obama is manipulating the republicunts into arguing for restored defense spending and forcing them to attack popular domestic programs in order to pay for it.
I do hope it happens. It might be the only way to get the US government to stop fucking with every other country on earth.
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RE: The War-Mongers Will Lose Their Fucking Minds.....
February 24, 2014 at 2:32 pm
(February 24, 2014 at 2:25 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: I'll believe it when it happens. If true, it's certainly welcome news.
This. It feels like a setup for a couple of minor token "cuts" when all is said and done.
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RE: The War-Mongers Will Lose Their Fucking Minds.....
February 24, 2014 at 3:56 pm
I'm a hawk & I'm fucking pissed off right now!
