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17. I'll see your "Last King of Scotland" and raise you one "The Emperor Jones"

Mon Oct 7, 2024, 03:44 PM

Oct 7

NORTHCOM seems to be busy and Ottawa has stepped in a bit (as well as some Caribbean countries and Kenya). Haiti is going to take a long time to unass. USMC BG Smedley Butler may have been one of those turn-of-the-century pacifiers you mentioned. BTW: Haiti was once the dominant power on the island of Hispaniola. I saw maps of the border changes in the 19th century. DR was a lot smaller.

Barre rings a bell. I won't cheat and wiki it. And now I'm thinking of Blackhawk Down. My old buddy was 75th RR and that was his favorite movie. When he asked me what my favorite film was, I told him Benji.

The late James Earle Jones played Pullman porter Brutus Jones on stage circa 1970 (at the Eugene O'Neil Theater, of course).

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Gang Kills 70 in Haiti's Pont Sond [View all] C0RI0LANUS Oct 6 OP

Madness malaise Oct 6 #1

True. Weapons, disease, mosquitos, global warming, or hatred travel visa-free. C0RI0LANUS Oct 6 #2

lol AKs aren't "from the west" BannonsLiver Oct 7 #15

Feckless Founding Fathers JustAnotherGen Oct 6 #3

You nailed it malaise Oct 6 #4

Are you willing to crack the eggs needed to make that omlette prodigitalson Oct 6 #8

Yep JustAnotherGen Oct 6 #10

Also JustAnotherGen Oct 6 #11

when should the invasion and occupation begin? prodigitalson Oct 6 #12

The French can foot the bill then. BannonsLiver Oct 7 #16

Yup. Paris loves leading "La Francophonie" (except here). And France used to sacrifice the lives of C0RI0LANUS Oct 7 #18

Yes, Haiti helped the Founding Fathers, now it's the Gaza Strip of the Caribbean. And Gov DeSatan C0RI0LANUS Oct 6 #5

More like the Somalia of the Carribean prodigitalson Oct 6 #9

Good point, prodigitalson. C0RI0LANUS Oct 7 #13

Barre was the dictator in Somalia the 70s and 80s prodigitalson Oct 7 #14

I'll see your "Last King of Scotland" and raise you one "The Emperor Jones" C0RI0LANUS Oct 7 #17

I can't even imagine the fear of mountain grammy Oct 6 #6

Absolutely correct. America must help the poor, not punish them, regardless of skin color or religion. C0RI0LANUS Oct 6 #7