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Posted on: April 7, 2017 at 11:21:01 CT
Spanky KU
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Of a naval vessel or military force, to identify itself by displaying the flag of its country of origin, especially in order to establish an authoritative presence and to exert diplomatic or political influence.

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I tip my hat to Trump... - molon labe KC - 4/7 10:41:51
     anyone advocating more violence is not offering wise - cnk ATL - 4/7 10:51:37
          RE: anyone advocating more violence is not offering wise - molon labe KC - 4/7 10:58:12
               No (nm) - pickle MU - 4/7 11:11:24
               I disagree - cnk ATL - 4/7 11:02:55
                    RE: I disagree - molon labe KC - 4/7 11:10:16
                         Germany was involved in Bosnia, Kosovo, Afghanistan, Iraq, - cnk ATL - 4/7 11:16:10
                         In both those cases - meatiger MU - 4/7 11:15:23
          Agreed. (nm) - MrBlueSky MU - 4/7 10:57:51
     Trump appears to be in no hurry to get involved with that - meatiger MU - 4/7 10:50:31
     Another supporter of war and murder - pickle MU - 4/7 10:49:10
          RE: Another supporter of war and murder - molon labe KC - 4/7 10:53:09
               Own your words - pickle MU - 4/7 11:11:00
               "You done good Donnie, at least on this one" - meatiger MU - 4/7 10:54:31
     Agreed.... Cruise Missile Diplomacy should be the extent - Spanky KU - 4/7 10:46:28
          There are already US troops on the ground in Syria(nm) - cnk ATL - 4/7 10:52:21
               Yep.. an ill-advised "showing the flag" mission - Spanky KU - 4/7 11:11:22
                    What do you mean by "showing the flag"? - cnk ATL - 4/7 11:16:56
                         Establish a presence - Spanky KU - 4/7 11:21:01
                              gotcha, thanks - cnk ATL - 4/7 11:22:14
                                   No active combat role - Spanky KU - 4/7 11:34:03
                    RE: Yep.. an ill-advised "showing the flag" mission - molon labe KC - 4/7 11:15:03
                         That's damned nice of you seeing as you aren't - Spanky KU - 4/7 11:18:11
                              RE: That's damned nice of you seeing as you aren't - molon labe KC - 4/7 11:24:25
                                   So 'there for the duration' is an appealing - Spanky KU - 4/7 11:43:47
     We could wake up tomorrow with every weapon gone from - Tigrrrr! MU - 4/7 10:44:24




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