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What strikes me is here you are, riddled by bedbugs and staring down eviction, yet you list multiple globe-spanning manifestations of political idiocy with absolute clarity while so many here in the US living in supreme comfort appear to be self-hypnotized nincompoops. I can't quite make out the correlation, if there is one.

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The US interest in the Horn of Africa is related to the fact that the Strait of Hormuz is a vital oil choke point.

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Says something about the nasty nature of America, that the large majority of Cubans, so close to the USA, have very little interest in getting there even after receiving 60+years of direct, illegal warfare and terrorism. The memory of the American boot from before the revolution fades slowly, because it kicked often, viciously, and stupidly.

ASPI paid (hope it's paid, but it is stupid) trolls in 1 2 3...

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I'm pretty sure that that's what the Bay of Pigs affair was all about. Been there, did that?

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Thanks -- the last three paragraphs are poetic and profound

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Maybe the people who fall into the "safe-dangerous" category such as yourself play an important role. Had to give a "like" for the tweet about GG and Rogan and Biden being a Marxist.

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