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67 sats \ 8 replies \ @Undisciplined 22h \ parent \ on: China 'ready for war' w/ America and Sec Hegseth Comments Evaluated Politics_And_Law
I was going to mention that, too. Even if Iraq had a large military, they were basically a US vassal state. Simultaneously losing support from and being attacked by the US was something they were wholly unprepared for.
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On days when I'm feeling less charitable and maybe haven't prayed... I wanna say... wow, are people this naive and dumb? Why do they believe liars over and over again? But that's not fair. Most people don't pay attention. They live their lives and just want to keep a little of what they earn. They are abused and manipulated by masters in this arena.
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"No matter how big the lie; repeat it often enough and the masses will regard it as the truth." - John F. Kennedy
Btw, I thought this was a Stalin quote before I looked it up.
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Joseph Goebbels On the “Big Lie” https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/joseph-goebbels-on-the-quot-big-lie-quot
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Thanks
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They actually had a stupid supply of USSR defenses the air defense of theirs was all Scuds and other USSR equipment. Even though they diversified during the Iran-Iraq war during the Kuwait invasion and occupation by their own accords they had military people training Iraqi forces
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Doesn't seem to have gone much better than America training Iraqi forces.
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