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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Tue Dec 4, 2018, 05:27 PM Dec 2018

Iraq Offers to Help Establish Democracy in North Carolina

BAGHDAD (The Borowitz Report)—The government of Iraq announced on Tuesday that it would seek to build an international coalition to establish democracy in the state of North Carolina.

Speaking to reporters in Baghdad, the Iraqi President, Barham Salih, said that Iraq had reached out to regional powers including Canada and Mexico to launch a military invasion of North Carolina’s Ninth Congressional District to “protect the North Carolinians’ right to self-determination.”

While many in the international community commended Salih’s desire to bring democracy to North Carolina, some critics warned that the effort could wind up destabilizing other American states.

“If North Carolina gets democracy, it’s only a matter of time before the people of Wisconsin, Georgia, and other failed states demand it as well,” Muqtada al-Sadr, the Iraqi politician and cleric, said. “Iraq could find itself in a quagmire with no exit strategy.”


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Iraq Offers to Help Establish Democracy in North Carolina (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2018 OP
Kentucky has 1 blue spot Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2018 #1
I hope they are culturally sensitive underpants Dec 2018 #2
Brilliant! nt SunSeeker Dec 2018 #3

underpants

(182,803 posts)
2. I hope they are culturally sensitive
Tue Dec 4, 2018, 05:43 PM
Dec 2018

one part uses ketchup in their BBQ and the other uses vinegar. We're talking Sunni vs. Shia all over again if they aren't careful.

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