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Total number of comments: 2 (since 2014-03-23 23:01:32)

Joe Burke

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  • Paris Terrorist was Radicalized by Bush's Iraq War, Abu Ghraib Torture
    • Joe Burke 01/08/2015 at 11:03 am with 2 replies

      Many years ago, when there was still a draft - and just at the time Vietnam was starting, I had a fearsome sergeant in basic training at Fort Dix (Sergeant Chisom) who explained things very clearly to us young troops: You f--k with me…I f--k with you. The lesson plays at every level.

  • ABC: Bush's Neocon Spokesman for Illegal US Occupation of Iraq Slams Russia for Crimea
    • Joe Burke 03/23/2014 at 4:28 pm

      God. There needs to be a statute of limitations on dragging our tragic mistakes around for more than one election cycle. I just can't stand the thought of being subjected to the blithering revisionist and divisive nonsense of these long since rejected and irrelevant spoilers for yet another election cycle. The Right hangs on to these creeps like a mother gorilla might hold on to a long dead baby. Make them go away for God's sake! A least Dems tend to bury their dead quickly.

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