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Let me make this pellucidly clear for the hacks [View all] malaise Jul 2022 OP

THIS! FalloutShelter Jul 2022 #1

Yep! calimary Jul 2022 #38

"War is a Racket," Maj. Gen. Smedley Butler, USMC (Ret.) Kid Berwyn Jul 2022 #2

That simple malaise Jul 2022 #4

All true PJMcK Jul 2022 #6

"Money trumps peace," pretzeldent George W Bush said. Kid Berwyn Jul 2022 #63

general butler, with 2 medals of honor rampartc Jul 2022 #11

A national hero malaise Jul 2022 #34

Yep, the American Liberty League, a bunch of corporate nazis. brush Jul 2022 #44

The Wall Street Putsch of 1933. Kid Berwyn Jul 2022 #64

The billionaires' boys club has learned to be stealthier since then. Hermit-The-Prog Jul 2022 #74

And how many of those business leaders went to prison for it? tclambert Jul 2022 #80

you would be very close to the truth. rampartc Jul 2022 #82

Good post. Evolve Dammit Jul 2022 #17

Thanks! Butler was an exceptional human being. Kid Berwyn Jul 2022 #67

Gen. Milley is an unsung hero from what I can tell. Thanks again. Evolve Dammit Jul 2022 #68

Thanks. Going to read. Joinfortmill Jul 2022 #22

Full text PDF... Kid Berwyn Jul 2022 #23

Great post malaise Jul 2022 #33

thanks for the quote NJCher Jul 2022 #43

They don't call it Capitalism's Invisible Army for nothing. Kid Berwyn Jul 2022 #71

The Brown Brothers mentioned in regard to Nicaragua wnylib Jul 2022 #54

And after he did all that, the plutoctats soldierant Jul 2022 #78

The only worse record for international interference is the Brits. Raster Jul 2022 #3

The Spanish and French aren't far behind malaise Jul 2022 #5

Russians have a bad history, too (n/t) PJMcK Jul 2022 #7

True malaise Jul 2022 #9

Couple that with a misbegotten "domino theory" and you get a real planetary problem. jaxexpat Jul 2022 #15

MIC must be fed malaise Jul 2022 #20

Their commonality? Susceptibility to propaganda, autosuggestion and self-hypnosis, I expect. jaxexpat Jul 2022 #25

Chile was a bad one. gab13by13 Jul 2022 #8

Yeah, Imagine a US president doing what Pinochet did? Farmer-Rick Jul 2022 #24

Donnie, and a lot of Americans, just don't understand the US military.... paleotn Jul 2022 #30

Yeah, a Military Times poll Farmer-Rick Jul 2022 #39

Inciting a riot to overturn a presidential election is the definition of a banana republic Walleye Jul 2022 #10

Hear Hear, Ma'am The Magistrate Jul 2022 #12

Yuuuup! 867-5309. Jul 2022 #13

That is unassailable /nt bucolic_frolic Jul 2022 #14

Today would be a great day ... FakeNoose Jul 2022 #16

Wouldn't it though? Every day I wait to see him in orange. Evolve Dammit Jul 2022 #18

THIS malaise Jul 2022 #21

Yes! Cuff him and perp walk him - right in front of the Saudis FakeNoose Jul 2022 #57

👍 Joinfortmill Jul 2022 #19

'La United Fruit Company' by Pablo Neruda (translated) panader0 Jul 2022 #26

THIS malaise Jul 2022 #29

Thank you for this... Que triste..lagrimas para la Gente, today's refugees --we did that, RestoreAmerica2020 Jul 2022 #45

Since 1954 the US military has intervened over fifty times in Central America, sop Jul 2022 #65

Exactly Septua Jul 2022 #27

He gets it malaise Jul 2022 #31

If this were a banana republic ChazInAz Jul 2022 #28

True malaise Jul 2022 #32

Absolutely! paleotn Jul 2022 #35

I think it's the other way around. If this was a... brush Jul 2022 #47

There are still too many banana republicans blocking for him. SeattleVet Jul 2022 #58

In my mind, we're a failed democracy if we don't indict, convict and incarcerate paleotn Jul 2022 #36

You get it. Butterflylady Jul 2022 #37

I have my copy malaise Jul 2022 #40

Indeed! n/t iluvtennis Jul 2022 #41

Exactly. Martin68 Jul 2022 #42

Colonialism was and is evil malaise Jul 2022 #50

Until the colonizing power pulled out and left the mess they created behind. One of the most Martin68 Jul 2022 #51

Agree 100% malaise Jul 2022 #52

This message was self-deleted by its author malaise Jul 2022 #53

John Bolton Admits Planning Coups: 'Not Here But, You Know, Other Places' Hotler Jul 2022 #46

And I find it fascinating that people are willing to take him at his word. n/t malthaussen Jul 2022 #55

Note that one of the 1/6 hearings we haven't seen yet or, will we see? Hotler Jul 2022 #48

Excellent post malaise Jul 2022 #49

K & R BadgerMom Jul 2022 #56

Pellucid means 'clear'. NT. Voltaire2 Jul 2022 #59

Tell SCJ Stevens and others in the courts malaise Jul 2022 #60

Nonetheless, this "felititous redundancy" still rankles. EarnestPutz Jul 2022 #83

Which is why I always remembe my union man's use of malaise Jul 2022 #84

remembe? EarnestPutz Aug 2022 #85

ROFL malaise Aug 2022 #86

Our own country ymetca Jul 2022 #61

What an interesting response malaise Jul 2022 #62

If you put pellucidly in your title I won't read any of the other words (n/t) station agent Jul 2022 #66

Enjoy this malaise Jul 2022 #69

This message was self-deleted by its author malaise Jul 2022 #70

i pellucidly thank you. DaveDuhRave Jul 2022 #72

Well, after WWI, probably, yeah.. TeamProg Jul 2022 #73

The type of government and political system malaise Jul 2022 #75

WWII was 1945, WWI that I mentioned, was 1914 FYI TeamProg Jul 2022 #76

My bad malaise Jul 2022 #77

My god, this post rocks NewsCenter28 Jul 2022 #79

True Solly Mack Jul 2022 #81