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2021-10-22 Afghanistan

Taliban wins backing for aid at Moscow talks: regional powers say US and allies should pay; NATO queued up next

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Posted by Fred 2021-10-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top
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#1 sounds like blackmail to me

Posted by Chris 2021-10-22 01:02|| 2021-10-22 01:02|| Front Page Top

#2 sounds like extortion to me

Posted by Chris 2021-10-22 01:02|| 2021-10-22 01:02|| Front Page Top

#3 sorry, drunkeness

Posted by Chris 2021-10-22 01:03|| 2021-10-22 01:03|| Front Page Top

#4 #1 sounds like blackmail to me
Posted by: Chris 2021-10-22 01:02

...Dad always said that 'blackmail' was such a harsh word, he preferred 'extortion'.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2021-10-22 06:59|| 2021-10-22 06:59|| Front Page Top

#5 Mayor Carmine De Pasto : If you want this year's homecoming parade in my town, you have to pay for it.

Dean Vernon Wormer : Carmine, I don't think it's right that you should extort money from the college.

Mayor Carmine De Pasto : Look, these parades you throw are very expensive. You using my police, my sanitation people, and my Oldsmobiles free of charge. So, if you mention extortion again, I'll have your legs broken.

Posted by WacoInMN 2021-10-22 07:41|| 2021-10-22 07:41|| Front Page Top

#6 There's a little thing about aiding and abetting 9/11. You were given time to come clean. We sent people to 'break a few legs' as a reminder.

Posted by Procopius2k 2021-10-22 07:56|| 2021-10-22 07:56|| Front Page Top

#7 if j.b. were not pres. i'd say 'fat chance'

Posted by irish rage boy 2021-10-22 08:32|| 2021-10-22 08:32|| Front Page Top

Posted by Greng Black3494 2021-10-22 09:47|| 2021-10-22 09:47|| Front Page Top

#9 Meet my friend, Fouad FOAD

Posted by Merrick Ferret 2021-10-22 09:56|| 2021-10-22 09:56|| Front Page Top

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