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Old 06-09-2011, 04:18 PM   #403 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Thymeclock View Post
Did you really expect gratitude from the Iraqis? Do you expect them to act like Americans now?

After we imposed ourselves into that country, spending a fortune and incurring massive debt, we won't even get any oil in return for it.

Only American politicians could come up with a strategy that dumb and an end result that worthless.

It amounts to "throwing pearls before swine, with not even a pork chop in return."
+1, and like AG, I was trying to be subtle about it.

No matter. When the opening salvo was sent to Baghdad, I knew we were in for a hellish ride.

The fortunate thing is that at least here you can figure out how to make the machinery better to cover the spread.
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