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Leslie Valley

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2. "Nevertheless, no American was punished for their murders" and LBJ was allowed to retire to Texas

Reply to unhappycamper (Original post)

Sat Feb 23, 2013, 01:01 PM

Feb 2013

after lying us into an expansion of the conflict with his phony Gulf of Tonkin "Incident".

And now we're helping out the French again, this time in Mali. Oh sure it's only a "few advisers" and we must guard against a "Domino Effect" on the continent of Africa. (familiar words?)

I'm 65 years old, this is where I came in. Why isn't anybody in the streets?

I grow weary.

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