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H2O Man

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9. Good points.

Reply to MannyGoldstein (Reply #5)

Sat Jul 19, 2014, 07:10 PM

Jul 2014

Our nation is an oil-industrial complex, even if much of the industrial base has been shut down. It's interesting to consider that the most famous American intelligence agency was formed, during WW@, from members of the oil industry's private intelligence groups.

Today, of course, private groups (such as Blackwater) are back in style. Yet few citizens understand the extent of their participation in foreign conflicts.

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Moby Dick [View all] H2O Man Jul 2014 OP

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Interest read, H2O Man. brer cat Jul 2014 #3

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Moby Dick was not my cup of tedium. GeorgeGist Jul 2014 #4

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Good points. H2O Man Jul 2014 #9