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LuckyTheDog

(6,837 posts)
Wed Mar 6, 2013, 05:55 PM Mar 2013

With Chavez dead, we have a real bogeyman shortage on out hands

Sure, we've still got Kim Jong-eun. But with Chavez, Gaddafi and Saddam dead and Castro old and sick, I just don't see anybody else stepping up to the plate.

C'mon, guys, our military industrial complex is depending on this!

Thank goodness the Russians are starting to seem threatening again. Otherwise, what would we do?

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liberal N proud

(60,336 posts)
1. The hype on Ima dinner Jacket is ramping up again
Wed Mar 6, 2013, 05:57 PM
Mar 2013

But hey maybe that's why they are allowing pocket knives on planes again, so we can have another incident and create a new terrorist.

Nuclear Unicorn

(19,497 posts)
3. I always thought Chavez was jealous of the Iranians and N Koreans getting all the attention
Wed Mar 6, 2013, 05:59 PM
Mar 2013

It seems like no matter how many ridiculous insults he hurled at Obama or the US everyone, left, right and center kinda just blew him off. Only his fans really cared about him.

 

quinnox

(20,600 posts)
6. the nebulous "terrorists" are still out there and is one that won't ever go away
Wed Mar 6, 2013, 06:00 PM
Mar 2013

So that will always be a good major villain for the justification of more military spending, wars, and things like drones and spying on Americans.

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