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Old 08-24-2010, 07:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Zeke View Post
[BIG PICTURE]Strategically, the only thing lost on 9/11 was a sense of invulnerability. Naturally, we overreacted and began swatting flies with Buicks.[/BIG PICTURE]

Thus far, any "cure" has been worse than the disease.
So Osama bin Laden got exactly what he wanted, we near bankrupted the country, lost thousands of our bravest and best, and ran the country in a constant state of FUD.
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