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2008/4/9-12 [Politics/Foreign/MiddleEast/Iraq] UID:49706 Activity:nil
4/9     Permanent occupation of Iraq just like America's permanent occupation
        of American South
        http://ourfuture.org/blog-entry/occupying-iraq-just-occupying-alabama
        \_ this site's commenting system looks cool. What are they using?
        \_ Cf. recent moronic comparisons between PRC occupation of Tibet
           and US occupation of Texas.
        \_ I'd like to meet the Southerner who thinks their state is being
           occupied.  That's a good laugh.
           \_ The South Will Rise Again
           \_ You would've met a lot more of them in the 1860s. They are
              all dead now. In the same way, if we wait 100 years Iraqis
              will probably eat at Chick-Fil-A and watch NASCAR.
              \_ They already believe pro-wrestling is real.
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