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Warpy

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6. The fact that such equipment is available doesn't mean that it gets used for that purpose

Reply to Ichingcarpenter (Reply #5)

Sun May 22, 2016, 05:10 PM

May 2016

or that the supremely overconfident, magical thinking people would believe the results should they be offered.

All the PNAC could see was a river of oil they'd control and get rich from. The fact that millions of people were in the way didn't concern them one bit, something the rest of us will be paying for long term. People in the DOS tried to tell them what it clusterfuck it would become. They weren't believed, either, and were either demoted or replaced.

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Expect more Warpy May 2016 #1

Was it really just shortsightedness that produced this chaos? Ichingcarpenter May 2016 #2

Short sightedness and magical thinking Warpy May 2016 #4

I'm sorry this isn't shortsightedness nor lack of brains but a contrived plan Ichingcarpenter May 2016 #5

The fact that such equipment is available doesn't mean that it gets used for that purpose Warpy May 2016 #6

Austria does have a track record. Bad Dog May 2016 #3