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zipplewrath

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4. Success rarely comes with the first opportunity

Wed Aug 5, 2015, 12:10 PM

Aug 2015

9/11 wasn't the first and won't be the last opportunity. They'll keep coming along hopefully.

This one has the particularly attractive feature that the warriors have had their chance and failed.

The trick is to have an administration that is willing to pursue means other than war to address a wide variety of issues in and around these local civil wars, especially now that they are being driven by NGO's. And mind you, the petrodollar influence is currently on the decline, and it could potentially worsen before it gets better (if ever).

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It would seem ISIS presents us with an opportunity [View all] zipplewrath Aug 2015 OP

Problem with this opportunity is that it leads us to the people who own Citi and the City of London leveymg Aug 2015 #1

Sorta the point zipplewrath Aug 2015 #2

The point is that while we know exactly who and where ISIS' major funders are, they're untouchable leveymg Aug 2015 #3

Success rarely comes with the first opportunity zipplewrath Aug 2015 #4

Particularly, if you don't really want to succeed at rounding up the bankers leveymg Aug 2015 #5

If we don't change it will zipplewrath Aug 2015 #6

I agree that another US war in the ME will likely be our total undoing. leveymg Aug 2015 #7

Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2015 #8

Oh boy... Agschmid Dec 2015 #9