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U.S. Buying Russian Helicopters to give to Afghanistan
Posted: Jun 2, 2013
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And John McCain wants to help the rebels in - sm
[ In Reply To ..]Syria. Unfortunately, some of those rebels are members of AL QAEDA!!! In return, al Qaeda has announced that American leaders will not be able to protect citizens from al Qaeda. Is this a Saddam Hussein redux, where we set him up as a leader, just to kill him later?
Just what kind of "chess game" is this country playing with the world?
Doesn't that just figure....Say one thing and do another - Truthhurts
[ In Reply To ..]Why should our tax money go to Russia to pay for helicopters for Afghanistan? Don't we have any manufacturers in the USA that can furnish helicopters...like, you know, giving jobs to Americans?
Wouldn't that be more sensible since employees are the majority of people who pay taxes?
What is behind this administration's thinking? Do they want to keep us "poor and destitute" (my opinion) because that will keep most on his side?
Got a newsflash for ya...Obama is down in the polls again, as is Hillary, according to the most trusted of all...Quinnipiac.
President Barack Obama gets a negative 45 - 49 percent job approval rating, compared to 48 - 45 percent positive in a May 1.
As for Hillary:
"Her score is down substantially from her all-time high score in February. The drop in her favorability is substantial among men, Republicans and independent voters. One reason for her drop may be that 48 percent of voters blame her either a little or a lot for the death of the American ambassador in Benghazi," Brown added.
As long as investigations keep digging and finding out how deep these scandals go, the more their ratings will drop.
Sorry "dislikers," but I feel the committees need to get to the bottom of all these scandals and weed out the crooks and liars. It's no way to run a government.
BTW, inside is how "satisfied/dissatisfied" Americans are with our gov't - Truthhurts
[ In Reply To ..]A total of 68 percent of American voters are "somewhat dissatisfied" or "very dissatisfied" with the way things are going in the nation today, while 32 percent are "very satisfied" or "somewhat satisfied." Voters also have negative opinions of political parties:
• 47 - 42 percent unfavorable opinion of the Democratic Party;
• 50 - 35 percent unfavorable opinion of the Republican Party;
• 38 - 28 percent unfavorable opinion of the Tea Party.
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