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Gore Vidal on Understanding America's Terrorist Crisis (Original Post) Miigwech May 2015 OP
Thank you very much chapdrum May 2015 #1
The War on a Noun. zebonaut May 2015 #2
 

chapdrum

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1. Thank you very much
Sat May 9, 2015, 01:26 AM
May 2015

for posting this.
As ever, Vidal was omniscient insofar as he reminds us that the police are civilians, and warns
against the militarization of police forces.
And for good measure, (dropping the expected erudition) describes Bush and Cheney as "ripoff artists."
His voice is missed.

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