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Colgate 64

(14,895 posts)
5. The only fool that starts a war he doesn't need and can't
Sun Jun 14, 2026, 03:06 PM
17 hrs ago

win and winds up with much less than he had before starting it.
Rethuglican brilliance in action.

Now I get it. It's still total BS. [View all] senseandsensibility 18 hrs ago OP
His Statement Is Self-Indicting ProfessorGAC 18 hrs ago #1
This message was self-deleted by its author ShazzieB 15 hrs ago #16
We also received damage to our bases IbogaProject 15 hrs ago #17
He and his mobster buddies believe they need to be unnecessarily cruel haele 18 hrs ago #2
We are not getting back to where we were. Not even close. RockRaven 18 hrs ago #3
I would argue the opposite genxlib 18 hrs ago #4
The only fool that starts a war he doesn't need and can't Colgate 64 17 hrs ago #5
The alienation of former allies to help Putin lose his war-crimes. Justice matters. 17 hrs ago #8
Trumped-Up enthusiasts are dangerously stupid. czarjak 17 hrs ago #6
How incredibly stupid and incompetent odins folly 17 hrs ago #7
"USA is NOT the most powerful nation in the world anymore" Martin Eden 16 hrs ago #11
Yes! odins folly 15 hrs ago #14
I suppopse most of our adversaries already knew our military was 60 years out of date Bluetus 9 hrs ago #22
Entrenched interests of the military industrial complex Martin Eden 9 hrs ago #23
Normally the M-I-C loves periodic wars to burn off stuff that has to be replaced Bluetus 8 hrs ago #24
To achieve the goal without the threat of force is a big plus on my book. Martin Eden 16 hrs ago #9
The JCPOA was NOT just Obama and Iran. House of Roberts 16 hrs ago #10
There is NO WAY #rump will get as good a deal as the one he ripped up William Seger 16 hrs ago #12
This whole administration is one giant clusterfuck Galraedia 16 hrs ago #13
Hegseth Is OBSESSED WITH "War," "Warriors," "Force,"......." ColoringFool 15 hrs ago #15
This is still the best commentary I've seen regarding Iran: Totally Tunsie 15 hrs ago #18
Iran says: OK, America, learnt your lesson? Aussie105 13 hrs ago #19
War Crimes vapor2 12 hrs ago #20
The U.S. will never get back to 2015 where we respected each other dave99 11 hrs ago #21
What Hegseth meant was, the first agreement was made by the Obama administration and the international community ChicagoTeamster 7 hrs ago #25
Kept Epstein out of the news for a good while. usonian 6 hrs ago #26
"I'm glad that very few are buying it." OldBaldy1701E 47 min ago #27
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