Somethin' Stinks in Iraq--weird Agreement?


	Somethin' Stinks in Iraq--weird Agreement?

papananook

1-25-2008 10:41 AM

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papananook says:

No treaty, only unilateral demands....hmmmm, sound familiar?

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