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odins folly

(668 posts)
14. Yes!
Sun Jun 14, 2026, 05:12 PM
21 hrs ago

And not to mention every single one of our allies is looking for another source of that, what used to be, our greatest strength.

As Bob sang: the warriors whose strength is not to fight. Our power was always the ability and resources to ensure those less fortunate and the oppressed had someone they could count on to stand for them. We were never perfect in that light, far from it. But we continued to try.
These fucks decided they wanted to throw around the might of the US military and they screwed the pooch so bad I don’t know when we may regain that mantle.

20 in the military and 20 in civil service all shot to hell by poser boys with little wangs….

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Now I get it. It's still total BS. [View all] senseandsensibility Yesterday OP
His Statement Is Self-Indicting ProfessorGAC Yesterday #1
This message was self-deleted by its author ShazzieB 21 hrs ago #16
We also received damage to our bases IbogaProject 21 hrs ago #17
He and his mobster buddies believe they need to be unnecessarily cruel haele Yesterday #2
True. Here's Michael Ledeen Grins 2 hrs ago #34
We are not getting back to where we were. Not even close. RockRaven Yesterday #3
I would argue the opposite genxlib Yesterday #4
The only fool that starts a war he doesn't need and can't Colgate 64 23 hrs ago #5
The alienation of former allies to help Putin lose his war-crimes. Justice matters. 23 hrs ago #8
Trumped-Up enthusiasts are dangerously stupid. czarjak 23 hrs ago #6
How incredibly stupid and incompetent odins folly 23 hrs ago #7
"USA is NOT the most powerful nation in the world anymore" Martin Eden 22 hrs ago #11
Yes! odins folly 21 hrs ago #14
Not to mention lonely bird 5 hrs ago #28
I suppopse most of our adversaries already knew our military was 60 years out of date Bluetus 15 hrs ago #22
Entrenched interests of the military industrial complex Martin Eden 15 hrs ago #23
Normally the M-I-C loves periodic wars to burn off stuff that has to be replaced Bluetus 14 hrs ago #24
To achieve the goal without the threat of force is a big plus on my book. Martin Eden 22 hrs ago #9
The JCPOA was NOT just Obama and Iran. House of Roberts 22 hrs ago #10
There is NO WAY #rump will get as good a deal as the one he ripped up William Seger 22 hrs ago #12
This whole administration is one giant clusterfuck Galraedia 22 hrs ago #13
Hegseth Is OBSESSED WITH "War," "Warriors," "Force,"......." ColoringFool 21 hrs ago #15
This is still the best commentary I've seen regarding Iran: Totally Tunsie 21 hrs ago #18
Iran says: OK, America, learnt your lesson? Aussie105 19 hrs ago #19
War Crimes vapor2 18 hrs ago #20
The U.S. will never get back to 2015 where we respected each other dave99 17 hrs ago #21
What Hegseth meant was, the first agreement was made by the Obama administration and the international community ChicagoTeamster 13 hrs ago #25
Kept Epstein out of the news for a good while. usonian 12 hrs ago #26
"I'm glad that very few are buying it." OldBaldy1701E 6 hrs ago #27
13 U.S. service members were killed for what? Emile 5 hrs ago #29
Also, it is NOT a deal yet, at best it is an MOU to make a nuclear deal karynnj 5 hrs ago #30
$260 billion spent over 4 months to achieve... the status quo Torchlight 5 hrs ago #31
Hegseth is a drunken freak-show poser Blue Owl 4 hrs ago #32
Not to mention we burned through half of our Tomahawk missile inventory SpankMe 3 hrs ago #33
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