Kristol Confronted by Military Wife: We Are People Too


	Kristol Confronted by Military Wife: We Are People Too

arifsali

4-26-2007 7:27 PM

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iraq, iraq war, politics, neocons, war, united states

arifsali says:

This guy practically laughed it off at the very end. Watch the video at the source.

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