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Manafort worked for Ukraine President Viktor Yanukovych (Feb 2010-Feb 2014) to hold onto power. State arms dealer Ukrspetsexport began to flood the market with cheap weapons. By 2012 Ukraine was the world’s fourth largest arms exporter. #HistoryMatters thedailybeast.com/air-war-for-pr…
The developing world and terrorist groups have access to ex-Soviet weapons and gear that often ends up exactly where we don't want those weapons to end up. occrp.org/en/component/c…
"The experts said the tanks would most likely be dug in along Sudan's north-south border, with the tanks using their guns to protect military installations." No.. Salva Kiir used those Ukrainian tanks against the Nuer and his Vice President Riek Machar. news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/76…
Pay attention to talk like this, folks. Birthright citizenship, the veritable bedrock of our country, affects every single person born in this country.
Every. Single. One.
Mess with that, and any of us can be rendered non-citizens. Stateless.
Every. Single. One.
Mess with that, and any of us can be rendered non-citizens. Stateless.
Defacto non-entities in the country of our birth. Stripped of our rights: to live, work, seek an education, vote. People born here could be "deported" to the country of their parents birth. Or their grandparents.
Or rounded up, expelled from certain areas, put in camps.
Or rounded up, expelled from certain areas, put in camps.
It's been done before.
By the American government.
Just ask Japanese-Americans.
And, of course, there are other examples. Just ask the Jews of WW2 Europe. If you can find any.
The world has been here before.
Have we learned from the horrors of our past? Must we repeat them?
By the American government.
Just ask Japanese-Americans.
And, of course, there are other examples. Just ask the Jews of WW2 Europe. If you can find any.
The world has been here before.
Have we learned from the horrors of our past? Must we repeat them?
