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Personal Narrative Essay: Open Fire In The Army
What about the hundreds of soldiers that were massacred by students and then mutilated, hung up on overpasses and burned out buses like fucking ornaments. The army didn't open fire for no reason. If I was an officer and I saw my men being burned to a crisp and hung up, of course I would open fire on the animals. want proof? here, http://nsnbc.me/2013/04/29/lets-talk-about-tiananmen-square-1989-my-hearsay-is-better-than-your-hearsay/

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