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AZ Progressive

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17. Who could justify this pricetag just to kick out a 'hated ruler'?

Reply to EarlG (Original post)

Tue Mar 19, 2013, 01:14 PM

Mar 2013

Not just a hated ruler, but a hated ruler that stabilized the country, kept Iran in check, allowed women to have more rights, and with our no fly zones keeping him in check, was relatively harmless to the Shiites and Kurds.

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