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To: Alex MG who wrote (258405)	8/20/2014 11:19:02 AM
From: Cautious_Optimist	Read Replies (1) of 542541

Thuggish behavior is sometimes twisted through political lenses. The 'freedom fighters" standing up to communism became the Taliban standing up to modernism, and the USA. The federal police, especially the ATF, were called "jack booted THUGS" in the 1990's by many conservatives in this country. Many US Civil War marauders - documented drunken killers and rapists - were seen as heroes by the confederacy. War is hell, shrug, right? Saddam Hussein represented a minority party that resorted to thugism to stay in power... Went to war with Kurds and Iran. We sold weapons to both sides, including bio weapons to Saddam Hussein. Then again, along with Saddam, many geopolitically challenged hawks later called for the bombing of Iran too, until this latest mess has us FRIENDS again.

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