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Snake Plissken

(4,103 posts)
Wed Aug 9, 2017, 08:56 AM Aug 2017

The Iraq War happened because there was a belief that big money could be made by controlling its oil

There is absolutely nothing to gain by engaging North Korea and plenty to lose, even Kim Jong-un knows this. This is precisely why he continues to troll Trump on a daily basis. He is using Trump for the benefit of his cult the same exact way Trump uses President Obama and Hillary Clinton, the only difference is es President Obama and Hillary Clinton are adults and do not engage him, whereas a toddler like trump jumps at the hook every time Kim Jong-un drops it in the water.

If Americans continue to vote for buffoons like Trump and those who support him, we deserve to call this our government and be laughed at by the entire world.

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The Iraq War happened because there was a belief that big money could be made by controlling its oil (Original Post) Snake Plissken Aug 2017 OP
I don't know if the world is laughing . Disturbed and afraid of what America will do next perhaps lunasun Aug 2017 #1
SK is the 11th largest economy in the world and one of the most corrupt Not Ruth Aug 2017 #2
How we got there: Gabi Hayes Aug 2017 #3

lunasun

(21,646 posts)
1. I don't know if the world is laughing . Disturbed and afraid of what America will do next perhaps
Wed Aug 9, 2017, 09:08 AM
Aug 2017

The world may not like us now but not all are laughing about another war we could start now that the ME is a big mess
They saw what came afterIraq so the US moving in to NK with nukes nothing to laugh about to others

 

Not Ruth

(3,613 posts)
2. SK is the 11th largest economy in the world and one of the most corrupt
Wed Aug 9, 2017, 09:33 AM
Aug 2017

Do you think that we provide "protection" for that economy for nothing? I think that we get paid. And that we want to continue getting paid.

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