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JABBS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-26-06 07:02 PM
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US Spends More In One Day In Iraq Than Insurgents Spend All Year
And the insurgents are financially self-sustaining, according to a new government report.

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oblivious Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-26-06 07:08 PM
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1. As all of America's enemies around the world sit back and smile.
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JABBS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-26-06 07:29 PM
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3. the scary thing
is that the insurgents can recycle surplus money to say, help al qaeda and friends in other parts of the middle east. like attacking israel, for example.
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martymar64 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-26-06 07:09 PM
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2. An apropos quote from Godfather Part 2 (paraphrased)
After Michael relates the incident he saw with a rebel committing suicide by blowing up himself and a police captain in Havana.

Michael: The soldiers are paid to fight and the rebels are not.

Hyman: And what does that tell you?

Michael: That they can win.
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davhill Donating Member (854 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-27-06 01:33 AM
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4. The Insurgents don't have a military-industrial complex
to support. We are fighting to make men rich. They are fighting for their country,
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