The League of Ordinary Gentlemen 1 month ago

Re-viewing Obama’s War: Part I

This weekend I finally managed to have the time to sit down and watch this excellent PBS Frontline documentary called Obama’s War. Highly recommended and hats off to the folks at Frontline for a very good piece of work on an extremely important topic. Full Article at The League of Ordinary Gentlemen

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