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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIS, ISIS, ISIL was germinatedted into existence at the very moment when GWB smirked
at the camera and stated, "Bring it on."
This is just what I think.
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IS, ISIS, ISIL was germinatedted into existence at the very moment when GWB smirked (Original Post)
Malraiders
Sep 2014
OP
Those problems are none of our business. We can not end the 1400 year old war.
grahamhgreen
Sep 2014
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Demit
(11,238 posts)1. I was thinking of that idiotic quote just the other day.
Also when he challenged his father to go "mano a mano." Always acting the tough guy.
A tough guy who never had to deal with consequences, because he's had people clean up after him his entire sorry life. Consequences are for other people. Not for George.
Arkansas Granny
(31,525 posts)2. We'll be paying for that smirk for a long, long time.
calimary
(81,435 posts)3. Sadly, yes. And soon we're likely to be paying for it by creating MORE
damaged war veterans. Not to mention the troops who'll be paying for it with their lives. While smirky stays home in safety and comfort, and smirks some more.
secondwind
(16,903 posts)4. And when he used the "c" word = CRUSADE
L0oniX
(31,493 posts)5. It started when the US put military bases in Islamic countries.
Laelth
(32,017 posts)7. True, perhaps.
Doesn't change anything to recognize this truth, however.
-Laelth
Turbineguy
(37,364 posts)8. It maybe easy and fun
to lay everything at the door of the U.S., but there have been plenty of problems in Islamic societies and countries as well. And they have been far more longstanding than one idiotic president.
grahamhgreen
(15,741 posts)10. Those problems are none of our business. We can not end the 1400 year old war.
grahamhgreen
(15,741 posts)9. Pretty much