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Originally posted by Dave
Whereupon a new generation of corrupt leaders arise, it costs you $2 bill to get rid of them, and on and on, until you someday reach a point where either the exploitation of the masses no longer pays, you're out of money, or nobody is still living in Egypt.
For all there may be some merit in the argument that war isn't the most efficient use of funds, your theory is charmingly naive. Decidedly un-Tylike. How did Hank get your login, anyway?
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Since installing a new government at the point of a gun isn't working so well, maybe we should have tried buying ourselves one. By your theory, democracy in Iraq sounds kind of like a pipe dream, so why are American soldiers dying there?
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