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Aussie105

(7,803 posts)
23. George Orwell would be proud of the doubletalk happening today.
Wed Mar 4, 2026, 09:39 PM
12 hrs ago

Not really a war as such, people aren't really being killed, things really aren't being bombed and blown up.

The dead are crisis actors who go home when the cameras are off, the buildings in rubble is just CGI.

George Orwell smiles!
The double talk is just his style.

It's operation 'slightly angry', not Epic fury.
Made for the evening news for US MAGA propaganda believer consumption.

Other sane media sources like Al Jazeera, BBC (UK), DW seem to think it's an undeclared war.
Trump and Johnson need a stiff word with them to get them to see things more clearly.

The question no one, not even George Orwell, asked directly:

Who benefits?

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Snort Solly Mack 20 hrs ago #1
AGREE riversedge 14 hrs ago #17
Operation Epic Failure. twodogsbarking 20 hrs ago #2
Mr. Dictionary, could you give us the definition of "child rape"? twodogsbarking 20 hrs ago #3
Maybe we should call it a Special Military Operation relayerbob 20 hrs ago #4
What a dance. If we're not at war... ananda 20 hrs ago #5
Another "Believe what I say not what you see" moment from Johnson the jerk. mdbl 20 hrs ago #6
Spoken like the true mindless weasel he is. Kid Berwyn 20 hrs ago #7
I know, right? I have never seen one so spineless in my life. Ray Bruns 19 hrs ago #9
We're not at war right now, we're four days into a very specific, clear mission and operation," Ray Bruns 19 hrs ago #8
... orangecrush 15 hrs ago #14
Well Johnsons mouth is larger than the other johnson. BattleRow 14 hrs ago #15
Stormy Daniels can explain this FakeNoose 13 hrs ago #22
We don't need Stormy to explain Trumps dick. Trump himself told us all how big it is: AZ8theist 11 hrs ago #29
Operation Snow Flurry with the goal of trying to evade explaining the missing Epstein files. cstanleytech 19 hrs ago #10
If they don't admit it's a war, there are no war dead. Like the million casualties of Russian "Special Operation" Wonder Why 19 hrs ago #11
A US submarine sank an Iranian frigate with a torpedo. bluedigger 19 hrs ago #12
Redefining a little bit pregnant? BattleRow 14 hrs ago #16
+ struggle4progress 11 hrs ago #27
If we're not a war and we don't have a draft, but we're putting boots on the ground, who is F45 in2herbs 16 hrs ago #13
By that logic if another nation destroyed the White House even worse than *rump already has Uncle Joe 14 hrs ago #18
Mr. Johnson, please take your ass-kissing self to Iran Dan 14 hrs ago #19
I'll tell my husband: "Yes darling, we had a wedding 29 years ago and we've said our vows" chouchou 13 hrs ago #20
Congress may as well adjourn until after the midterms sarisataka 13 hrs ago #21
George Orwell would be proud of the doubletalk happening today. Aussie105 12 hrs ago #23
Mike's middle name is "Hubris". nt BootinUp 12 hrs ago #24
Mike has no soul since he sold it to Vlad and Donald. Ford_Prefect 12 hrs ago #25
So? Kegsbreath and the Pedo in Chief are lying to us? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, tell me it's not true. Ferrets are Cool 11 hrs ago #26
"...a very specific, clear mission..." LudwigPastorius 11 hrs ago #28
We're at "conflict", not "war". Didn't you know? BigmanPigman 10 hrs ago #30
Anyone remember who the explainers and apologists were for Bush Aussie105 10 hrs ago #31
It's just a flesh wound! BidenRocks 9 hrs ago #32
To be fair: he hasn't watched the news and really doesn't know what the President did.... Ol Janx Spirit 9 hrs ago #33
He has actually an opinion on that? MissHoneychurch 8 hrs ago #34
So when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor it was "a very specific, clear mission and operation," not an retread 4 hrs ago #35
Give him a break. From his perspective and position, all he could see is polyps Attilatheblond 14 min ago #36
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