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Peter Van Buren
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Peter Van Buren

@WeMeantWell

Author of HOOPER'S WAR: A Novel of WWII Japan, GHOSTS OF TOM JOAD, and WE MEANT WELL: How I Helped Lose the Battle for the Hearts + Minds of the Iraqi People

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    Peter Van Buren‏ @WeMeantWell 31 May 2015

    Iraq lost 2300 Humvees in Mosul alone to IS, meaning basically the US is supplying all sides of the conflict.http://news.yahoo.com/iraq-lost-2-300-humvee-armoured-vehicles-mosul-170857509.html …

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      2. Joan of Argghh!‏ @JoanOfArgghh 31 May 2015
        Replying to @WeMeantWell

        @WeMeantWell @instapundit The saddest commentary on our political class I can imagine. Except for all the other deaths caused by the Left.

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      3. seymourblogger‏ @abbeysbooks 31 May 2015
        Replying to @JoanOfArgghh

        @JoanOfArgghh @WeMeantWell @instapundit Not the left&right.Both are almost the same.Just enuf diff to get us to argue.A MASK! Doncha get it!

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      4. Joan of Argghh!‏ @JoanOfArgghh 31 May 2015
        Replying to @abbeysbooks

        @abbeysbooks @WeMeantWell @instapundit No. There is truth. It is knowable. It is not given out for free but must be sought with tears.

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      5. seymourblogger‏ @abbeysbooks 31 May 2015
        Replying to @JoanOfArgghh

        @JoanOfArgghh @WeMeantWell @instapundit Jesus says to Pilate, "Your truth is not my truth." If U believe an absolute UR in an old Discourse

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      6. Joan of Argghh!‏ @JoanOfArgghh 31 May 2015
        Replying to @abbeysbooks

        @abbeysbooks Oooooh! "Old Discourse!" You would woo my vanity with such tripe? Begone!

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      7. seymourblogger‏ @abbeysbooks 31 May 2015
        Replying to @JoanOfArgghh

        @JoanOfArgghh An old medical Discourse would discuss putting leeches on you when you were sick.

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    1. Matthew Cowart‏ @mcowartlaw 31 May 2015
      Replying to @WeMeantWell

      @WeMeantWell @instapundit US gov trying to prove broken windows really generate net economic gain? #tlot #tcot

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      2. Justin Case‏ @Flybutters 31 May 2015
        Replying to @WeMeantWell

        @WeMeantWell @trevortimm Time to cut SocSec, Medicare and entitlements and give the $ to defense to build more stuff to give our enemies....

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      3. seymourblogger‏ @abbeysbooks 31 May 2015
        Replying to @Flybutters

        @Flybutters @WeMeantWell @trevortimm You got it baby.

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      2. Chucky W‏ @AlexandriaboyVA 31 May 2015
        Replying to @WeMeantWell

        @WeMeantWell So I guess this means "we" need to "give" them more-you know they aren't paying.While we scrap 7BN worthhttp://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2013/06/20/193978665/u-s-army-to-scrap-7-billion-in-equipment-in-afghanistan …

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      3. seymourblogger‏ @abbeysbooks 31 May 2015
        Replying to @AlexandriaboyVA

        @AlexandriaboyVA @WeMeantWell Of course. Makes more money for industrialized military complex.

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    2. AnonTheStoic‏ @idrobinhood 31 May 2015
      Replying to @WeMeantWell

      @WeMeantWell @buell003 ssshhh, that's the plan.

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    3. seymourblogger‏ @abbeysbooks 31 May 2015
      Replying to @WeMeantWell

      @WeMeantWell @kgosztola Well that's a great thing for capitalism.Just what they wanted.

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    4. Tracy Hernandez‏ @Organics4Free 31 May 2015
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      @WeMeantWell @patrickmadrid Arming both sides in a conflict is classic, and quite common. Highly strategic and self interested. Rampant.

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      2. @Hilaire__Belloc‏ @Hilaire__Belloc 31 May 2015
        Replying to @WeMeantWell

        @WeMeantWell @yvonneridley Lost? deliberately left to be picked up by proxy. Iraqi side under funded amid low moral/support.from commanders.

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      3. @Hilaire__Belloc‏ @Hilaire__Belloc 31 May 2015
        Replying to @Hilaire__Belloc

        @WeMeantWell @yvonneridley Truly bizarre and inexplicable. Running away from a handful of yobs.

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      4. yvonne ridley‏ @yvonneridley 31 May 2015
        Replying to @Hilaire__Belloc

        @Hilaire__Belloc @WeMeantWell yep just as well we don't have suspicious minds

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    5. Twi#erIsNewSpeak‏ @BlindManMark 31 May 2015
      Replying to @WeMeantWell

      @wemeantwell @mnvikingbeer Worse. Much Worse Spec Ops leader,out #ISIS as CIA op,Funded by 100's of SwissAccntshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCSVHWl6Xs0&sns=tw …

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    6. publicOutcry‏ @dingalingy55 31 May 2015
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      @WeMeantWell except Syrian rebels.

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