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PaulX2

(2,032 posts) Tue Jun 12, 2018, 12:57 PM Jun 2018

A Country Who Waterboarded Anyone 183 Times In One Month Can't Say Anything About Anyone [View all]

We are a torture nation.

Who are we to point the finger at anyone? Oh yeah. The folks with the most nukes, and the most $$. Still doesn't make it right.

https://www.theatlantic.com/daily-dish/archive/2009/04/they-waterboarded-him-i-183-times-i-in-one-month/202940/

Don't be too harsh on the lying sh*t stain for not complaining about NK prison camps.

And about that "shining city on the hill" well, forget it. It's all about money folks. People aren't waterboarded in shining cities.

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A Country Who Waterboarded Anyone 183 Times In One Month Can't Say Anything About Anyone [View all] PaulX2 Jun 2018 OP

No nation is innocent of crimes. maxsolomon Jun 2018 #1

+1 BannonsLiver Jun 2018 #3

Don't make this a false equivalency. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2018 #2

And kidnapped Latin American children and put them in cages malaise Jun 2018 #4

Before falling for bs false equivalency, realize in this country we can still take to the streets... Hekate Jun 2018 #5

Yes! peggysue2 Jun 2018 #8

Your comment seems to suggest that The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2018 #6

RW propaganda in the form of "whataboutism". bettyellen Jun 2018 #7

That's the Trump argument oberliner Jun 2018 #9

Seems Many Of My Friends Here Missed The Point PaulX2 Jun 2018 #10

100K....more like 1000K Ferrets are Cool Jun 2018 #11