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[ionlyliveonce]

Re: Iraq on the brink of civil war:

Mr. Rumsfeld counseled patience, from the lawmakers and their constituents. “Americans didn’t cross oceans and settle a wilderness and build history’s greatest democracy only to run away from a bunch of murderers and extremists who try to kill everyone that they cannot convert, and to tear down what they could

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[squire_jons]

a bunch of murderers and extremists who try to kill everyone that they cannot convert, and to tear down what they could never build,” he said.

these could easily be the words some dude in Iraq talking about the US.

[ionlyliveonce]

I know...I was originally skimming the article and thought that myself...

skimming

[snacks84]

That sounds a lot like christian extremists. I don't think they paid attention in history class, mainly on what happen to other cultures that tried to convert the masses to what they believed was right.