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		pjc50 5 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: F-15E jet shot down over Iran That creates a far worse problem down the line because they will just do it again, more publicly. Really the rot set in with the pardons of Nixon and Oliver North.

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pfannkuchen 5 days ago [–]

Can you justify that assertion? How would they do it again, more publicly?

It's not like a blackmail ring is that easy to set up, it seems to have taken a lot of heavy lifting to get this one going.

paulryanrogers 5 days ago | [–]

When people see what others have gotten away with, they become emboldened themselves.

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