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Re: Last US troops leave Iraq

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General Mung Beans wrote:Not all authoritarian countries are equal. Iraq for example is turning out a one party democracy like Venezuela or Mexico until recently.
Seriously? Before I ask you to provide proof of that, I ask you to establish relevancy to this general topic.
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Re: Last US troops leave Iraq

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Thanas wrote:
General Mung Beans wrote:Not all authoritarian countries are equal. Iraq for example is turning out a one party democracy like Venezuela or Mexico until recently.
Seriously? Before I ask you to provide proof of that, I ask you to establish relevancy to this general topic.
I was just saying that because you were comparing Iraq to Cuba, that is all.
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So you missed the general point and nitpicked one rather tangential one. Well done. *slow clap*
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Re: Last US troops leave Iraq

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Thanas wrote:Those 1 million Iraqis sacrificed their lives willingly in pursuit of the greater cause.
Hey don't mock their sacrifice. The Neocons gladly support the war, after all its someone else doing the sacrificing. :D
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