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moderate libertarian
02-05-2012, 10:49 PM
A test of your knowledge of US political history.

Which of the following two American figures said that US government was "the greatest purveyor of violence in the world"?

A- Obama Church mentor and decorated US Marine Rev. Wright

http://a.abcnews.com//images/Blotter/Obama_wright_080312_mn.jpg


B- Civil Rights movement leader Martin Luther King

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Martin_Luther_King_-_March_on_Washington.jpg/220px-Martin_Luther_King_-_March_on_Washington.jpg

NidStyles
02-05-2012, 11:32 PM
B. Martin Luther King Jr.

Rev Wright was a Marine? Maybe a Merchant Marine.

moderate libertarian
02-06-2012, 06:30 PM
You got it right!


Promoted to Headline (H3) on 1/22/12:
King Who Condemned US Wars Again Betrayed by War-Supporting Clergy's Praise
By Jay Janson

http://www.opednews.com/articles/King-Who-Condemned-US-Wars-by-Jay-Janson-120120-805.html?show=votes



Obama's Church mentor Rev Wright had used the phrase "chicken coming home to roost" but above was said by MLK.
Rev Wright was a decorated marine but don't think he was a merchant marine.