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Old 01-05-2020, 09:27 AM
 
Location: Texas
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It’s not going to escalate. Do you honestly believe the Iranians want to end their own regime? They know damn well retaliation against the United States is a suicide mission.
You never know. The 9/11 attack was overwhelmingly Saudis and we sell them weapons now. Why it all makes sense.
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Old 01-05-2020, 09:31 AM
 
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Don't worry, they know the vast majority of males are fat, can't run, can't shoot, do drugs, or are too dumb to be of use. No one is going to rely on random ass garbage civilians to protect this nation.
That was what England thought too, during the American Revolution!
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Old 01-05-2020, 09:38 AM
 
Location: The Ranch in Olam Haba
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You never know. The 9/11 attack was overwhelmingly Saudis and we sell them weapons now. Why it all makes sense.
The country of Saudi Arabia had nothing to do with it. Osama bin Laden had estimated net worth of $300 Million. He had enough funds coming in from his family to do numerous 9/11's.

https://www.forbes.com/2001/09/14/09...l#5ba6e73032a3
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Old 01-05-2020, 10:10 AM
 
Location: Texas
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The country of Saudi Arabia had nothing to do with it. Osama bin Laden had estimated net worth of $300 Million. He had enough funds coming in from his family to do numerous 9/11's.

https://www.forbes.com/2001/09/14/09...l#5ba6e73032a3
He was estranged from his family and they didn't fund him. The 9/11 attackers were overwhelmingly Saudis and it wasn't a coincidence. Their country is not on the friendliest of terms with America. They do buy our weapons in order to murder Yemenis and commit genocide against them.
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Old 01-05-2020, 10:38 AM
 
Location: Honolulu/DMV Area/NYC
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He was estranged from his family and they didn't fund him. The 9/11 attackers were overwhelmingly Saudis and it wasn't a coincidence. Their country is not on the friendliest of terms with America. They do buy our weapons in order to murder Yemenis and commit genocide against them.
You believe that, yet don't believe that the Saudi government (which is also battling Jihadists to this day in Yemen, etc.) didn't fund the attacks
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Old 01-05-2020, 10:42 AM
 
Location: Eastern NC
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Nobody wants to die for billionaires. Not again. Figure we learned from Iraq when people died for Oil...
Conservatives have no issue using poor peoples kids to die for oil!
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Old 01-05-2020, 10:49 AM
 
Location: Eastern NC
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So true. Social media should never be used for journalism.
But where else will Trump supporters get their news?
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Old 01-05-2020, 10:49 AM
 
Location: The Ranch in Olam Haba
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He was estranged from his family and they didn't fund him. The 9/11 attackers were overwhelmingly Saudis and it wasn't a coincidence. Their country is not on the friendliest of terms with America. They do buy our weapons in order to murder Yemenis and commit genocide against them.

There are two of us who've worked in Saudi Arabia for decades here on CD, so we've seen it from the inside for decades. With his net worth, his saving accounts were global as Saudi Arabian citizens pay no taxes thus no requirement to say where their money is (unlike the US which requires every American citizen to list any bank accounts they have abroad). The other Saudi Arabians who were university educated also came from families with money and thus they also had foreign accounts. As to Yemen, you left out the fact that Iran has been supplying the Houthi rebels (an insurgent force that seized the Yemeni capital) with guided missiles (not rockets) that were fired out into Saudi Arabia. Iran has also supplied them with drones. Yemen for being a very poor country has some extremely high end armaments.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1Fymlm68Ns

Try again with your misinformation.

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Old 01-05-2020, 11:08 AM
 
Location: Unperson Everyman Land
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So what? The quantity of people in the military then and the quantity in the military now are nearly the same.

Then isn't now.
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Old 01-05-2020, 11:22 AM
 
Location: The Ranch in Olam Haba
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Then isn't now.
And the Japanese fleet were actually cruise ships coming to Hawaii for a vacation.
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