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Old 03-19-2013, 10:51 PM
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What was that, we were told?

"Spreading Freedom and Democracy throughout the world." from both Bush and Obama?

What a joke.

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Old 03-19-2013, 11:18 PM
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Still no WMDs?
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Old 03-20-2013, 12:09 AM
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And now the Islamists seem to be asserting control over the rebel-held areas of Syria.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/...239_story.html
Tony Blair is calling for UK intervention in Syria

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-21602723
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Old 03-20-2013, 06:40 AM
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The Shia-dominated south and the Kurdish north are both relatively peaceful. However, central Iraq is problematic because the sizable Sunni minority feels pretty shit-upon by the Shia-dominated Maliki government.
Every one pokes fun at Joe Biden but he had the best plan for Iraq. Create a federation of three self governing states, one Shia, one Sunni and one Kurd.
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Old 03-20-2013, 07:24 AM
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Tony Blair is calling for UK intervention in Syria

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-21602723
He and his mentor, Dubya, can go to a sporting goods store, buy a AR15, and go have some fun over in that shithole sandbox.
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Old 03-20-2013, 09:16 AM
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He and his mentor, Dubya, can go to a sporting goods store, buy a AR15, and go have some fun over in that shithole sandbox.
Yes Finnbow....it is always an easy proposition when someone else's boot is on the ground.....
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Old 03-20-2013, 11:55 AM
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What's different between Libya and Syria? Outside of the S, L, and interchanged I and Y

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Old 03-20-2013, 12:14 PM
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Nothing. Their brains have all been baking in the sun too long. Same problem with Arizona and Texas.

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What's different between Libya and Syria? Outside of the S, L, and interchanged I and Y

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