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I bet Jeb!'s got the finest Christmas sweater at the debate: http://cdn.shopify.com/s/fi...

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Meanwhile, Doctor's Without Borders turned down several million dollars (I think, can't find the amount right now) from the government to rebuild the hospital we bombed. If you haven't given all your money to the Wonkabago maintenance and fuel fund they could sure use a few extra bucks.

Is shilling allowed here? It's not like I'm commenting or anything.

Don't banhammer me bro...

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They used to do this all the time when i was deployed there. They would hand out cash (even for farm animals killed), and if we accidentally killed an innocent (or three), they would send out for a payment from the U.S. I think it could be up to $100,000 or so. But that was in 2006...

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We can't have a proxy war with Russia unless we get the proxies first.

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Rojava is a fledgling democracy, where women have equal rights and the political system is designed to ensure that they have as much power as the men.Like the USA there is separation between state and religion, and many of the fighters and leaders are atheists.These are just a couple of reasons that everyone in the area hates them including the Iraqi Kurdish politic leadership.

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I hope they get lots and LOTS of sympathy dollars. (I sent a few.)

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They should put a nice mint in the envelope, also...

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Like Uncle Sam in a china shop....

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Hey, contractors need CERP funds too...those hookers, heroin and death squads aren't going to fund themselves!-Blackwater/XI/Corrupt Assholes exhibit #A

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If Doctors Without Borders wanted to impress me they'd get borders and then build a yooge wall with a BEAAUUUTIIEFUL door around their borders....

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plus, the mandatory bashing of the liberal lamestream media

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Problem with your theory is that Assad and the Russians, do not view Rojava as the enemy. The Russians recognise Rojava as an autominous region of Syria and have invited them to open a diplomatic mission in Moscow.

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I heard that we supply most of our own oil these days. But I guess we must have ALL the oil.

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How easy is it to break a $100 in Iraq?

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"I like hospitals that aren't bombed."--Donald Trump.

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