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Fast Walker 52

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10. these days it is more like the "Military Industrial and Intelligence Complex"

Reply to erronis (Reply #7)

Mon May 25, 2015, 01:56 PM

May 2015

given how big and pervasive the NSA and private intelligence agencies have become.

But the Congressional aspect of it is huge, and has helped maintain the war machine.

We as a country HAVE to get out of this war mindset.

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