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Voters? Never.
Supporters who organize to commit acts of terror like shutting down local libraries via threats of violence? Now. We should be doing that now.
I didn't fight shit heads in Iraq just to have more shit heads do it here.
Enemies, foreign and domestic...
Why did you fight shit heads in Iraq?
That's a deep question. But I'm in a mood tonight so fuck it. I got there because I was young and well indoctrinated. I stayed there and went back because Saddam and AQ were massive assholes the locals didn't deserve. I left because my body couldn't handle the physicality of the job anymore. At no point was I looking at that stuff going, "you know the one thing we don't have at home is religious zealots planting bombs, we need more of that!"
The people here who want to fight you herehad a hand in installing those s*** heads in Iraq.
Yeah I know. We knew when they announced Bremer's orders. Then we got home and found out just how much lying went into starting the war and it became obvious they wanted a forever war. If they had won the election in 2008 they would have found some way to destabilize Iraq again, not knowing ISIS was just around the corner.