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Don Cooks

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September 26, 2012
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Changing tribal cultures  in the world of politics

Most people throughout history have been tribal. We have finally discovered, at an unbelievable cost in lives and money, that each of these Middle Eastern tribes had its own culture that is nearly impossible to alter. Our presidents and elected Congress members didn’t discover the futility of changing these tribal cultures until it was too late, and many are still oblivious to this inevitable danger, which is still in progress They evidently weren’t well versed in the history of the Islamic culture and sent our young people to die without seeking this knowledge. To recapitulate a history lesson that many …

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