Iraq as the 51st State? - Democratic Underground

bluevoter4life

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Sun Jul-20-08 10:00 PM
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Iraq as the 51st State?

I have seen this idea mentioned on DU a number of times in the past, and have heard Al Franken refer to it on his radio show a number of years back but it's good to see a little more mainstream of a media source pick up on it (and it being distributed throughout Washington DC is just and awesome bonus.) While he is not proposing it, he is more or less turning it into a satirical idea that correspond to Maliki's endorsement of Obama's plan.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0708/Political_leverage_in_the_51st_state.html

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The_Casual_Observer

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Sun Jul-20-08 10:03 PM
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1. Afghanistan is far more likely

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spag68

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Sun Jul-20-08 11:09 PM
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2. You are both wrong

You have obviously forgot Puerto Rico, which may become a state fairly soon. Don't laugh, I know it is just satire about Iraq and Afghanistan, however PR is a very real possibility.

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dipsydoodle

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Mon Jul-21-08 09:24 AM
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3. Presumably that would entitle

the entire population to migrate to the USA. Should keep Jerkoff busy if nothing else.

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