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Jesus Malverde

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2. What gives me pause is the realization that these monsters.

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Sun Jan 11, 2015, 03:13 PM

Jan 2015

Trained in the art of killing, torture or counter insurgency, come to live among us after their professional orgy of violence and murder is complete.

In Japan the generation that lived that life is largely dead by now. Same with the Germans who massacred millions.

Other countries churn these types out every day. Do you want them as your neighbor and in your community?

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What gives me pause is the realization that these monsters. Jesus Malverde Jan 2015 #2

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