Anti-war veterans' group: War crimes are 'encouraged'


	Anti-war veterans' group: War crimes are 'encouraged'

ratilfar

1-21-2008 7:32 PM

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war, war on terror, iraq, afghanistan, veterans, war crimes, atrocities

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1-28-2008 8:08 PM

NStuff

I wonder where the other million veterans stand on this issue?

1-28-2008 8:17 PM

ratilfar

Don't know, go ahead and ask them, but I think that are not as monolithic as you would expect them to be.

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