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DanieRains

(4,619 posts) Tue Jun 9, 2020, 02:09 PM Jun 2020

It Cost 7 Trillion To Take Out Saddam Of Course There Is No Money For The Poor

And that's just one war.

Since so many died in Russia, and Iran, maybe trying to get along a little better might make sense for all ya think?

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It Cost 7 Trillion To Take Out Saddam Of Course There Is No Money For The Poor (Original Post) DanieRains Jun 2020 OP

One post commented that one reason China was able to cultivate its economy is that they Karadeniz Jun 2020 #1

Yeah but remember what we got in return for that investment IronLionZion Jun 2020 #2

Karadeniz

(22,572 posts)

1. One post commented that one reason China was able to cultivate its economy is that they

Reply to DanieRains (Original post)

Tue Jun 9, 2020, 02:21 PM

Jun 2020

Been sidetracked by war for decades. Sounds like a plan!

IronLionZion

(45,528 posts)

2. Yeah but remember what we got in return for that investment

Reply to DanieRains (Original post)

Tue Jun 9, 2020, 02:25 PM

Jun 2020

ISIS and more war! And militarized police everywhere with military weapons. Lots of dead or wounded veterans.

If America had elected a weak liberal president instead a tough guy war president, we'd be in recession right now with high unemployment and over a hundred thousand Americans dead from a preventable health issue...oh wait.

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