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Stunning Terrorism Statistics that Nobody Wants You to Know

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Experts say that  terrorists are strongly motivated –  for two reasons – to exaggerate their abilities to inflict damage:

(1)  Terrorism is defined as “the use of violence and intimidation in the pursuit of political aims”.  So terrorists exaggerate their destructive abilities in order to increase intimidation and push their aims

 

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(2) The more damage people believe that a terrorist group has inflicted, the more donations and funding they will receive from radical extremists.  Specifically, radicals are more likely to fund terrorists who are “effective” in inflicting damage than those who can’t pull off murder and mayhem

So terrorists want to exaggerate how much damage they've actually inflicted.

Likewise, the type of counter-terror experts who frequently appear on the mainstream news are motivated to hype the terror threat, because it drums up business  for them.

The more scared of terrorism people are, the more books they’ll sell on terrorism, the more people will pay them to give talks on terrorism, and the more they’ll be asked to appear on mainstream news.  So they don’t want you to know the real statistics on terror, either.

And the government has also exaggerated the threat of terrorism for political purposes  (literally seeing a terrorist under every bush).   For example, FBI agents and CIA intelligence officials, a top constitutional and military law expert, Time magazine, the Washington Post and others have all said that U.S. government officials “were trying to create an atmosphere of fear in which the American people would give them more power”.  Indeed, the former Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge admitted that he was pressured to raise terror alerts to help Bush win reelection.  The threat from Islamic terrorists – while real – has been greatly exaggerated. Former U.S. National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski – also a top foreign policy advisor to President Obama – told the Senate that the war on terror is a “a mythical historical narrative”.

Indeed, the government justifies its geopolitical goals – including seizing more power at home, and overthrowing Syria in 1949, Iran in 1953, Iraq twice, Afghanistan twice, Turkey, Libya, and other oil-rich countries – by hyping the terror menace.   So the government wants you to be scared out of your pants by the risk of terrorism.

So what are the real terrorism facts?

The actual statistics are stunning:

  • Daniel Benjamin – the Coordinator for Counterterrorism at the United States Department of State from 2009 to 2012 – notes today (at 10:22):

"The total number of deaths from terrorism in recent years has been extremely small in the West.  And the threat itself has been considerably reduced. Given all the headlines people don’t have that perception; but if you look at the statistics that is the case."

  • Non-Muslims also carried out the vast majority of terrorist attacks in Europe as well

While terrorists, counter-terror “experts” and governments are trying to scare the pants off you, the truth is that – if we refuse to be terrorized – we win and the terrorists lose.

Related:

Authoritarians Use Paris Terror Attack As Excuse for Power Grab

 

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Sat, 01/17/2015 - 16:22 | 5674429 Tinky
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In summary, I find the prospect of “autoerotic asphyxiation” to be terrifying.

Sat, 01/17/2015 - 16:10 | 5674402 besnook
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the study you cited that said non muslims commit more terror than is muslims also ststed that jews commit more terror in the usa than muslims.

Sat, 01/17/2015 - 15:31 | 5674301 Bangalore Torpedo
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Yep, a good GW post is always certain to bring out the nutjob truthers.  Guess what nutters?  19 Islamists slammed into the WTC twin towers.  Mossad and the CIA had nothing to do with it.  Did GW Bush and the statists in DC take advantage of said situation to further the development of the US police state?  Hell yeah.

Sat, 01/17/2015 - 17:48 | 5674642 11b40
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Planes = 2

Buildings = 3

WTF!?  Maybe you can explain.

 

Sat, 01/17/2015 - 18:34 | 5674758 Clycntct
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Simple new math buddy. 1+1=3

Thats how our banks like it.

Sat, 01/17/2015 - 16:16 | 5674413 windcatcher
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In reply to Bangador: Your absolute proof of Islamic terrorist attack is the identification card of one of the terrorist that survived the crash, explosion and collapse of the towers and was found on the street: Are you that gullible?

What gets me, is the famous film of the airliner flying into the tower. The photographer would be famous like the Zapruder  film of the JFK murder. The photographer is unknown and the film is unclaimed.

Sat, 01/17/2015 - 16:33 | 5674454 Bangalore Torpedo
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In reply to breakwind:  "Your absolute proof of Islamic terrorist attack is the identification card of one of the terrorist that survived the crash, explosion and collapse of the towers and was found on the street: Are you that gullible?"

Yep, let's ignore all of the camera footage of these clowns arriving at the airports and boarding the planes.  Let's also ignore the flight manifests, testimony of the people who talked to the Pennsylvania flight passengers, history of the flight school attendance byt he perps, and let's forget about OBL's admission.

Fuck it, nutjob, let's just forget about all facts...PERIOD.  What is apparent is that YOU ARE THAT GULLIBLE.  Keep watching Alex Jones and reading the nutter's nut: Paul Craig "Falseflag" Roberts.

Sat, 01/17/2015 - 15:36 | 5674317 OneTinTrooper
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There are a lot more of those fuckers out there that would love to do the same thing.  Those that are in denial and think it was the government are complete and total fools

Sat, 01/17/2015 - 16:12 | 5674406 besnook
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said the prototypical fool.

Sat, 01/17/2015 - 15:27 | 5674289 Lies All Lies
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I never bother to read GW, too BB =  boring & biased...   is he sticking it up the Joooze again?

Sat, 01/17/2015 - 17:49 | 5674647 11b40
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Then why are you here inserting yourself in the commentary?

Sat, 01/17/2015 - 15:03 | 5674231 Byte Me
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Terrorism may have "gone mainstream" after "9/11" in the states GW but it was 30 years of periodic Irish idiocy occurring in Britain that was "mainstream" long before that.

And what were the wonderful Americans doing during that? Why, they were allowing the brave Irish "freedom fighters" to have fundraisers in the US to funnel back to blow up pubs, nightclubs and shopping centers in the UK.

But this was just a bit of a lark for the FUKKING YANKS wasn't it hmmm?

I'm SICK of hearing how your country has been 'taken over' by elites and faceless bankers. All it boils down to is that NONE of you twits will get off your arses or your keyboards and take your country back. You are a disgrace to your nation and your Founding Fathers who gave you a Nation that you refuse to retain.

You deserve to be slaves and serfs - it's ingrained in your nature. If it wasn't you'd be out on the streets stringing these bastards up and burning their offspring. But you all pontificate so well..

Sat, 01/17/2015 - 17:55 | 5674660 11b40
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Yo, Byte Me.

"All it boils down to is that NONE of you twits will get off your arses or your keyboards and take your country back. You are a disgrace to your nation and your Founding Fathers who gave you a Nation that you refuse to retain."

Tell me again why the Irish were fighting the Brits?  Were THEY trying to take their country back?

Sat, 01/17/2015 - 16:36 | 5674463 daveO
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Bank of England, founded 1694. 219 year head start over the US. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_of_England

Sat, 01/17/2015 - 15:35 | 5674314 Bangalore Torpedo
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The masses aren't hungry enough yet.  In the absence of true enlightenment, it will take 40% of income spent on food in order for a real revolution to brew.

 

The upside for you limeys is that you'll never have to worry about this.  Mohammed, Achmed, and Abdul will simply replace your indigenous whiteys...so as they say in dar al Islam, "bottoms up, 5 times a day!"

 

Enjoy!

Sat, 01/17/2015 - 15:28 | 5674295 windcatcher
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In reply to Byteme: Our army of 49 million Americans will act when the fascist government cuts off food stamps and welfare which happens in an economic crash.

Miss three meals in a row and the next morning a revolutionary is born.

Sat, 01/17/2015 - 14:55 | 5674207 q99x2
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Banks are terrorists too.

Sat, 01/17/2015 - 14:44 | 5674178 TeethVillage88s
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Diane Feinstein, a Terrorist?

http://pagesix.com/2015/01/16/senators-husband-stands-to-profit-from-gov...

Ever wonder how lowly paid lawmakers leave office filthy rich?

Sen. Dianne Feinstein is showing how it’s done.

The US Postal Service plans to sell 56 buildings — so it can lease space more expensively — and the real estate company of the California senator’s husband, Richard Blum, is set to pocket about $1 billion in commissions.

Blum’s company, CBRE, was selected in March 2011 as the sole real estate agent on sales expected to fetch $19 billion. Most voters didn’t notice that Blum is a member of CBRE’s board and served as chairman from 2001 to 2014.

This feat of federal spousal support was ignored by the media after Feinstein’s office said the senator, whose wealth is pegged at $70 million, had nothing to do with the USPS decisions.

When the national debt is $18 trillion, a billion seems like small change.

Sat, 01/17/2015 - 15:10 | 5674254 windcatcher
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In reply to Teethvillage: Corruption is so prevalent in Congress that it is considered accepted common practice. Congress traitors are inside corporate fascist terrorist.

Sat, 01/17/2015 - 20:59 | 5675135 TeethVillage88s
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Funny thing about US Post Office selling off Assets.

The story is that US Congress is forcing the Post office to Fund 75 Years of Health Care for Employees "Up Front", as in Advance of the need.

Smells like Diane Feinstein, must have used Influence Peddling to scare someone into that kind of scheme. Where is the GAO Audit Team. Where is the US Post Office Legal Team & Inspector General. Where are the Whistleblowers? This is like "Gaslighting" the Post Office Employees since they have to layoff hundreds of Postal Employees now.

I did seem some news reporting, photos and even maybe a video of the story last year.

Quiet a Scheme.

I was unaware that the Postal Service would have to Privatize it's Offices or lease new office space.

No doubt they captured the two Unions, Post Masters, and Mail Handlers. Not sure but there are other Government Unions like AFGE that would lobby against this.

Michigan did the same thing to Detroit with the Help of Federal Emergency Managers. Detroit did not default on Debt, someone just wanted to start creative destruction and sell off land, buildings, make deals with Chinese, who knows what. Detroit did not have a problem paying its bills yet even though it had decades of mismanagement.

Detroit & the Post Office Downsizing are new models.

But the Military has had many downsizing and reorganization phases or actions. The model must be well known in US Congress. BRAC. Base Realignment and Closure Legislation.

- Picking Winners & Losers
- Public-Private partnerships are huge money making schemes, sometimes they even have guaranteed Government Financing, sometimes the government provides contractors with facilities, equipment, and material resources.

Nice huh?

Sat, 01/17/2015 - 14:13 | 5674077 joego1
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One mans terrorism is another mans means for survival. Explain it to the crocodiles.

Sat, 01/17/2015 - 13:16 | 5673931 SmittyinLA
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America has a terrorist theif govt bent on invasion and liquidation.

Sat, 01/17/2015 - 12:58 | 5673882 johnnymustardseed
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289 people are shot everyday in the US, not by terrorist but responsible gun owners ,nobody gives a shit about that.... Thank You NRA

Sat, 01/17/2015 - 14:08 | 5674063 dexter_morgan
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Fuck off mustard seed sized brain asshole. IF that many people were being shot daily by RESPONSIBLE gun owners than that would be in self-defense which means you have a much bigger problem than your bogey man NRA douchnozzle.

Sat, 01/17/2015 - 14:44 | 5674176 davidalan1
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"douchnozzles"?  LMAO,   whats the stock symbol, Im going long..  too fucking funny OMG..

Sat, 01/17/2015 - 14:04 | 5674046 joego1
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You must be on the wrong blog. Huff Poo is down the road with your Soros friend. Don't let a nail gun shoot you in the ass on the way out.

Sat, 01/17/2015 - 13:16 | 5673928 Bastiat
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My ass--why don't you look at who's shooting whom.

Sat, 01/17/2015 - 12:38 | 5673831 Hot Shakedown
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People started to wake up and figure out the identlty the true enemy - who are the ZIONISTs contoling the US who pretend to be acting in the interests of the US/West.

I suppose 911 will ultimately blow back in the Zionist's face when enough people who realize that the shadow US govt/Mossad were the perpetrators.

Then all of the recent false flags will begin to make sense and maybe we just might have a revolution stateside.

The Islamist terrorist/ ISIS meme is a the latest attempt to distract the less informed masses.

A preacher, Father John Sheehan , says it best:

"Everytime that anyone says that Israel is our only friend in the middle east, I can't help but think that before Israel, we had no enemies in the middle east"

Sat, 01/17/2015 - 12:36 | 5673828 windcatcher
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95 percent of the millions of casualties in the American Middle East war of “terrorism” are children, old people and other innocent civilians; visualize that. The USA banksters fascist empire are the greatest “terrorist” of the 21 st. Century.

The Congress critter traitors to our democracy and country that perpetrated lies for this “terrorist” war are war criminals. Not one of the Congress murders are worth a single child that they murdered with their “terrorist” attacks.

Sat, 01/17/2015 - 14:57 | 5674216 TeethVillage88s
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Yeah, someone is funding the actions, food, transportation, drinks, places to stay over night, weapons, explosives...

and usually there are remnants of Colonial powers in the region along with US Agents & Agencies to either stop the movement of weapons & Experts... or take some other police action.

In the West we benefit from Chaos.

But all of Western Europe & the USA like the Chaos in Africa and other places... so they can buy resources cheap from people that don't know the value of the goods & service... diamonds, precious metals, Rare earth metals, Oil, whatever... and we send in our NGOs, young college kids or young adults who want to help, but who end up encouraging products from Monsanto or discourage crops traditionally grown to drive up commodity prices like for Cotton.

And where are the fund coming from and going through a New York Banking Hub... No Doubt we know who is funding whom.

Sat, 01/17/2015 - 12:16 | 5673755 Bastiat
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We need a new DHS unit to keep us safe from auto-erotic asphyxiation.

Sat, 01/17/2015 - 12:12 | 5673743 russwinter
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Crack Downs and Suppression Follow Wake of Paris False Flag.

http://winteractionables.com/?p=17833

Sat, 01/17/2015 - 11:51 | 5673675 Rikeska
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I'll just leave this quote from the article here.

"the use of violence and intimidation in the pursuit of political aims"

Lots of terrorists, precious few yelling "Aloha Snackbar"

Sat, 01/17/2015 - 11:44 | 5673659 PrayingMantis
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... >>> "Non-Muslims have carried out the vast majority of terrorist attacks on U.S. soil" ...

 

... no, really? /s  ... :)

Sat, 01/17/2015 - 12:58 | 5673881 Heavy
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from link:  "Jewish Extremists" ...There's a thought for our new extremeless society.

Sat, 01/17/2015 - 11:32 | 5673627 xavi1951
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Me thinks that GW is guilty of Over Exagerating and hyping his blog and mis-information.  He has created sheeple of his own that believe every word he posts. 

Sat, 01/17/2015 - 14:23 | 5674091 Billy the Poet
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"Me thinks that GW is guilty of Over Exagerating and hyping his blog and mis-information"

 

Yet his articles are always well documented while you offer nothing but opinion in rebuttal.

By the way. "methinks" is one word. See the documentation here: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/methinks

And while we're at it those who believe that misinformation should be hyphenated have been misinformed: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/misinformation

Sat, 01/17/2015 - 16:00 | 5674378 ebear
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"By the way. "methinks" is one word."

Not if you is from Staines, aye.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E336GpE0bp8

Sat, 01/17/2015 - 13:18 | 5673933 11b40
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You don't give us much credit for the ability to think independently, do you?  Many here have developed an interest in his perspectives, and find many of his posts to be stimulating and well researched.  Even if you don't agree, there is the opportunity to share your own point of view, and he often comes around and participates in the discussion. 

As you are a retired law enforcement agent, I might argue that your personal perspective is for moar police, moar funding, moar fear to help keep us all in line.  Would that be fair and reasonable?

Sat, 01/17/2015 - 11:29 | 5673618 Grimaldus
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Valid points GW. Can't argue. Of course I want to help you in your efforts for truth and so lets post the numbers of those killed in the name of Islam so readers can get the perspective that you left out of your article. I'm sure you would not want to skew your article in favor of murderers be they government or any other type, right?

Grimaldus

http://thereligionofpeace.com/

 

Weekly Jihad Report
Jan 03 - Jan 09

 Jihad Attacks:

61

 Allah Akbars*:

15

 Dead Bodies:

745

 Critically Injured:

337

 

Monthly Jihad Report
December, 2014

 Jihad Attacks:

233

 Countries:

30

 Allah Akbars:

33

 Dead Bodies:

2497

 Critically Injured:

2225

 

Sat, 01/17/2015 - 14:15 | 5674079 dexter_morgan
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Out of curiosity, is there a 'weekly zionist report' anywhere that outlines the deaths and injuries on a weekly or  monthly basis perpetrated by Israel and it's Zionist counterparts? Just asking.

I've heard that drones can be very deadly and rather indiscriminate of who they kill, no?

Sat, 01/17/2015 - 20:15 | 5674986 Grimaldus
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When you find it post it.

Have a look a the numbers for bloody big government progressives again, just for kix.

http://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/MURDER.HTM

Progressives take the win for murdering their own civilians, hundreds of millions dead.

How strange is it that the super progressive messiah Obama has bombed and droned more Muslim countries than his progressive predecessor the shrub?

Grimaldus

 

 

Sat, 01/17/2015 - 14:27 | 5674122 Billy the Poet
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A friend worked radio news in Chicago during the 1973 Yom Kippur War. She got an update from New York saying that such and such a number of Israelis had been killed. She asked how many Arabs had been killed and they told her she didn't need to know that.

Sat, 01/17/2015 - 15:00 | 5674223 TeethVillage88s
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I believe that. Same for Iraqi War II. US Doesn't collect that info, since they don't want anyone to know how many Iraqis get killed.

Sat, 01/17/2015 - 12:49 | 5673863 disgruntled hou...
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I can't speak to George's intentions but I believe it was to illustrate that terrorism is not the greatest  threat on Western soils. Of the numbers you listed how many are Westerners or do these numbers represent all killed. If you were to break this down I think you would actually prove one of his points- that Muslims are the most at risk group for terrorist attacks. If you also broke down the numbers and identified where these deaths occurred you most likely would find they happened in the Middle East.

I believe the gist of the article is that the threat of terrorism is being used to achieve political aims in the West and for shameless experts to make a buck.

I agree that terrorist activity takes far too many lives- many innocents are caught up in the mayhem. The West fuels the problem by providing weapons and training.

If the goal is to end the bloodshed then withdrawing from the region is the most cost effective way. If the goal is to continue and even escalate the blood shed then they are following the most cost effective way by providing more weapons and training.

The West continues to use the threat of terrorism to continue their agenda of destabilizing the Middle East. With all the security agencies any terrorism that occurs on Western soil represents a deliberate stand down and allowing it to happen. These events are used to prop up support for the unending meddling in the Middle East.

In my opinion the West is worrying its citizenry are tiring of these wars. They will allow a few incidents to get the natives back on board. It is a sick game.

Sat, 01/17/2015 - 14:19 | 5674103 Grimaldus
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Like I said, I cannot argue any points brought up.

Yes, Islam kills more of it's own than any other group, it is quite well documented that Muslims killed far more Iraqi's during the stupid war there than foreigners did. Of course GW won't bring up that particular sub-detail, will he?

It should be noted that Islam is a political system and not a religion. And as a political system, it kills it's own in mass quantities just like any other progressive tyrannic criminal government.

http://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/MURDER.HTM

Don't forget, bloody progressives are in charge in the west and have been for quite some time. A true constitutional conservative would just let Muslims kill each other off and do free trade business with whoever wants to that is still standing.

Grimaldus

Sat, 01/17/2015 - 17:44 | 5674628 11b40
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You seem to be very hung up on labels, Grimaldus.  Having a hard time grasping the 2 sides/1coin concept? 

Can you name us some true constitutional conservatives?  I can't think of any with any real power or influence.

Sat, 01/17/2015 - 21:04 | 5675153 Grimaldus
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I don't see two sides, all I see are progressive criminals of varying degrees. Whole bunch of Corzines.

Nope, wish I could. I have heard some talk that sounded good but see no action other than the same old progressive crimes. Ron Paul was as close as it got to a true constitutional conservative and he is sidelined. Progressive criminals are solidly in charge and as history proves that means death and misery for millions. We are really hosed.

Grimaldus

Sun, 01/18/2015 - 17:34 | 5677354 11b40
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Then we see this the same.

Sat, 01/17/2015 - 14:41 | 5674138 Billy the Poet
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"it is quite well documented that Muslims killed far more Iraqi's during the stupid war there than foreigners did....just let Muslims kill each other off"

 

So the West pours billions of dollars and tons of weapons into small nations in order to prop up dictatorships and create disorder which can then be capitized on and you see that as the fault of average Muslims?

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