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KansDem

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3. The issue of the "Peace Dividend" was raised when the Berlin Wall fell in 1989

Reply to Octafish (Original post)

Fri Dec 23, 2011, 12:06 PM

Dec 2011

...and it was no longer required to have a squadron of B-52s loaded with nuclear bombs in the air 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year.

But it was quickly dismissed by agents of MIC...

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Sorry, America. No Peace Dividend for You. [View all] Octafish Dec 2011 OP

Homeland Uber Allies Security Theatre AND TSA gotta go, also. elehhhhna Dec 2011 #1

You're as smart as anybody in any room or out, elehhhhna! Octafish Dec 2011 #5

More good questions destined for the mound. K&R (nt) T S Justly Dec 2011 #2

Life's too short to spend killing and destroying. Let's do some healing amd building, for a change. Octafish Dec 2011 #7

The issue of the "Peace Dividend" was raised when the Berlin Wall fell in 1989 KansDem Dec 2011 #3

Right about then is when we discovered the dastardly villain Saddam Hussein, having coalition_unwilling Dec 2011 #6

We must "defend" ourselves. Naturally, that means drone attacks in Yemen. nt Romulox Dec 2011 #4

It is a part of the deficit discussion... bhikkhu Dec 2011 #8