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gab13by13

(30,886 posts)
Fri Dec 5, 2025, 09:20 AM Yesterday

Why Can't We Call People Like Tom Cotton A Moron, Or A Fluffer

People like Cotton, people in the MSM who want us to believe that murdering people in little boats is about stopping drugs from coming into the United States. If there are drugs on those little boats, they most likely are headed to Europe.

Tom Cotton thinks we are the morons. He wants us to believe that we had to murder the 2 last people on the little boat because there may have still been some cocaine on board that they would bring to America. Let's call that idea for what it is, laughable nonsense, ridiculous.

Here is a scenario that is much more believable, Tom Cotton. Krasnov just pardoned one of the most notorious drug traffickers, "in the world." A man we know brought 500 tons of cocaine to the United States. This man now knows he can go back to bringing more cocaine to the United States because our president is OK with that.

No, Tom Cotton, no, Admiral Bradley, no, members of the MSM, these murders of people on little boats are about Occam's Razor, are about showing the world that Donald Trump has control of the most powerful military in the world who will murder whoever he tells them to murder. That's what this is all about, don't cross Krasnov or he will murder you, coming soon to the United States.

Now, go back to debating whether 2 people who were sitting on a piece of their boat were disabled or not. Fuck everyone who has to twist themselves into knots to pretend that our president isn't a murderer. Fuck them all.

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Why Can't We Call People Like Tom Cotton A Moron, Or A Fluffer (Original Post) gab13by13 Yesterday OP
The murdered Clouds Passing Yesterday #1
I often wonder how Cotton wasn't shot by his own troops. sinkingfeeling Yesterday #2
Probably because he's all things to anyone he can impress haele Yesterday #4
Like most of the men still in the Republican party Tom Cotton is an obnoxious, ugly son of a bitch Walleye Yesterday #3
I'm betting some of them are on the Epstein list KS Toronado Yesterday #14
Naw...not Tom. He would've turned away at the door. allegorical oracle Yesterday #26
I watched Nicolle Wallace this week, gab13by13 Yesterday #5
extra judicial murder was the stock and trade thomski64 Yesterday #12
I watched the expression on the Admiral's face as he entered the building to testify. colorado_ufo Yesterday #17
I don't know about shame, but I definitely saw guilt ... my first thought when I viewed that clip, he's going to KPN Yesterday #21
Frankly, he knew he fucked up hanging with his ideological buddies. haele 23 hrs ago #34
Krasnov The Wizard Yesterday #30
I was surprised about Bradley. Katinfl Yesterday #6
Dont understand lrucks1952 Yesterday #7
Tom Cotton is a psychopath. Ray Bruns Yesterday #8
We can call Tom Cotton anything we damn well please Jilly_in_VA Yesterday #9
He is consistent: if a Republican does it, it's ok. If a Democrat does the same thing, it's wrong. surfered Yesterday #11
Tom Cotton is a moronic Trump fluffer. sop Yesterday #10
I'll do it LilElf70 Yesterday #13
Did a www search on how most illegal drugs enter the U.S. a few days back KS Toronado Yesterday #15
Here is a link that claims that the drug boats from Venezuela gab13by13 Yesterday #19
Interesting. GCG Yesterday #31
thanks and posting on BS vapor2 Yesterday #32
He's not a moron or an idiot, he's an asshole. He knows full well that was a war crime, he's just spinning it to stay in Fil1957 Yesterday #16
Sorry, why can't we call him those things? otherwise, I agree LymphocyteLover Yesterday #18
Because Fil is right DFW Yesterday #24
Sure, but what's the harm in mocking him? Nothing else we say will make a difference. LymphocyteLover Yesterday #33
We can mock him all night long DFW 22 hrs ago #35
gab13by13 - If you don't mind me borrowing your last paragraph: flashman13 Yesterday #20
I encourage it. gab13by13 Yesterday #29
You can call him a moron, if you like, but I won't give him that excuse. quaint Yesterday #22
No doubt, Tom Cotton is an idiot, and a callous, racist one to boot. patphil Yesterday #23
Reminder angrychair Yesterday #25
But he does a great Norman Bates impression. Sneederbunk Yesterday #27
prevaricating dissembler The Wizard Yesterday #28
Hear Hear! OldBaldy1701E 6 hrs ago #36

haele

(14,961 posts)
4. Probably because he's all things to anyone he can impress
Fri Dec 5, 2025, 09:35 AM
Yesterday

All he had to do was push blame for shitty orders up the chain or on politicians and tell his troops what they wanted to hear to keep them from fragging his ass.

He isn't overtly stupid and selfish, he's lazy and venal. Which is worse than stupid, IMO.

Walleye

(43,510 posts)
3. Like most of the men still in the Republican party Tom Cotton is an obnoxious, ugly son of a bitch
Fri Dec 5, 2025, 09:26 AM
Yesterday

I’m starting to think they would all like to be rapists like Donald Trump

gab13by13

(30,886 posts)
5. I watched Nicolle Wallace this week,
Fri Dec 5, 2025, 09:41 AM
Yesterday

she had former Admirals, former generals on her show who proclaimed that Admiral Bradley will do the right thing, that Admiral Bradley will tell the truth to Congress. Well guess what, Admiral Bradley must have fallen asleep and the Magat body snatchers got to him, he is now one of them, what he did in the past is now tarnished forever.

The single tap missiles they are murdering people with is continuing, they just murdered some more people.

Even if these people are drug runners, it is still murder. We now have one reason that Krasnov can use to murder people, drug dealers. What's to stop Krasnov from bringing in Seal Team 6 to street corners across America? If it's legal in International waters it will be legal in the US to murder drug dealers, and guess what, no proof is needed that they were drug dealers.

thomski64

(823 posts)
12. extra judicial murder was the stock and trade
Fri Dec 5, 2025, 10:02 AM
Yesterday

of Duterte in the Philippines
Trump and SecDef Kegbreath are murdering suspects full stop...they are using our Military to murder drug smugglers (or fisherman, who knows) Because they can! What are you going to do about it? Take them to the Supreme Court? Impeach them ?
I'm just staying hydrated to piss on their graves....

colorado_ufo

(6,191 posts)
17. I watched the expression on the Admiral's face as he entered the building to testify.
Fri Dec 5, 2025, 10:43 AM
Yesterday

I believe the expression was shame. And guilt.

KPN

(17,087 posts)
21. I don't know about shame, but I definitely saw guilt ... my first thought when I viewed that clip, he's going to
Fri Dec 5, 2025, 10:57 AM
Yesterday

paper over the truth. He just had a sketchy countenance. It was not a trustworthy look.

haele

(14,961 posts)
34. Frankly, he knew he fucked up hanging with his ideological buddies.
Fri Dec 5, 2025, 03:15 PM
23 hrs ago

He swore an oath tho the Constitution, but he didn't take it as seriously as he should have.

There's different types of Officers out there -

Some who are competitive and tactically competent, where War is the game they love, and Politics is the way to play it. They can appear to be "straight shooters" because they understand they're working with actuals and realities instead of in a simulated environment, but it's still all about the "game" and success.

Then there are the "Have to Be in Charge" Officers who just play the Political plausible deniability game, and will throw anyone under the bus they can't leverage to get ahead. Many are glad-handers - the pleasant seeming ones who are smart enough to use the E-4 Mafia or Contractors and play a reliably supportive leadership role until they get to the top. Others are just lucky and Peter Principle themselves up the rank being REMFs.

Still others are True Believers, who hitch themselves up to a particular Officer Clique and ride the reputation of the group as far as their Secret Handshake can take them

And there's the Officers who actually believe in supporting their Country, the Constitution, and a Meritocratic Democracy in general; and want to keep that opportunity available for their kids and communities. They understand the realities and will play the political game as much as they can do so ethically and still live with themselves.

Most Officers are various combinations at different levels of characteristics above.

Take your pick as to which combination Bradley falls under. I'm sure of his Politics...it's his Ethics and Hubris I question.

Katinfl

(579 posts)
6. I was surprised about Bradley.
Fri Dec 5, 2025, 09:53 AM
Yesterday

I did not think he would come up with the story about the survivors trying to radio for help and continue with their mission. Who can believe that? Admiral Holsey is the only one in this case who showed any sense of morality when he resigned because of these illegal strikes. Bradley is as bad as hegseth and trump.

lrucks1952

(10 posts)
7. Dont understand
Fri Dec 5, 2025, 09:53 AM
Yesterday

It just blows my mind that the folks and voters of Arkansas keep sending this idiot Tom Cotton back to the senate..I know most Republican southern states tend to make regressive choices over and over again and hurting their own interest but Tom Cotton really plays on the voting ignorance of your state.. He shows his disdain for the voters every time he opens his mouth. He is man who does not care about the people he represents.

Jilly_in_VA

(13,652 posts)
9. We can call Tom Cotton anything we damn well please
Fri Dec 5, 2025, 09:58 AM
Yesterday

He is all of those things and more. Any Senator who sides with Shitler that much is all of them.

surfered

(10,660 posts)
11. He is consistent: if a Republican does it, it's ok. If a Democrat does the same thing, it's wrong.
Fri Dec 5, 2025, 10:01 AM
Yesterday

KS Toronado

(22,493 posts)
15. Did a www search on how most illegal drugs enter the U.S. a few days back
Fri Dec 5, 2025, 10:41 AM
Yesterday

A government web page said most drugs coming in are through "ports of entry" by vehicles large and small.
Never seen MSM report this.

GCG

(13 posts)
31. Interesting.
Fri Dec 5, 2025, 01:07 PM
Yesterday

"One popular route has the smugglers heading to Trinidad and Tobago, a short, 7-mile boat ride from the Venezuelan coast, according to the officials and experts."

Could the government of Trinidad and Tobago be involved with the cartels? From past experience we know that certain elements of the Mexican and Columbian governments were or still are involved with the cartels!

I'm going to bet they send more then one boat out at a time...and while the US Navy concentrates on the boats taking a certain route...the other boats are getting to their drop off points and offloading the cargo.

Of course without any solid evidence because it keeps getting destroyed, the US Navy is nothing more then a test to see if other American military services can be just as easily manipulated to open fire on American civilians...which is a possibility!!!









Fil1957

(451 posts)
16. He's not a moron or an idiot, he's an asshole. He knows full well that was a war crime, he's just spinning it to stay in
Fri Dec 5, 2025, 10:43 AM
Yesterday

the good graces of Trump and Maga.

DFW

(59,559 posts)
24. Because Fil is right
Fri Dec 5, 2025, 12:12 PM
Yesterday

Obviously you can call him whatever you want Algodón, it doesn’t matter. The guy has a Harvard Law degree. He’s not a mental weakling. It’s far worse than that. He KNOWS, completely and fully, that what he’s spouting is complete and utter hogwash. He is betting that complete and utter hogwash is what his constituents want to hear, and is what will get him re-elected. So far, he has been exactly right. No one with a 75¢ haircut and Dumbo ears is ever going to win a Republican presidential primary, no matter how good his street smarts are. That died with Nixon. So, for public consumption, he dumbs himself down to Gomer Pyle level intellect with Deliverance villain meanness. It works for him, so we can’t call him an idiot—just a thoroughly evil manipultor.

DFW

(59,559 posts)
35. We can mock him all night long
Fri Dec 5, 2025, 04:20 PM
22 hrs ago

But, as opposed to Republicans, we shouldn't begin to believe our jokes. That's their game not ours.

flashman13

(1,864 posts)
20. gab13by13 - If you don't mind me borrowing your last paragraph:
Fri Dec 5, 2025, 10:50 AM
Yesterday

Now, go back to debating whether 2 people who were sitting on a piece of their boat were disabled or not. Fuck everyone who has to twist themselves into knots to pretend that our president isn't a murderer. Fuck them all.

He is a murderer!

quaint

(4,500 posts)
22. You can call him a moron, if you like, but I won't give him that excuse.
Fri Dec 5, 2025, 12:07 PM
Yesterday

As for the other, please don't insult (peripheral) sex workers. 😁

patphil

(8,582 posts)
23. No doubt, Tom Cotton is an idiot, and a callous, racist one to boot.
Fri Dec 5, 2025, 12:08 PM
Yesterday

Among the most idiotic things he said was that those 2 guys who were clinging to the remains of a boat the military blew up were going to flip that boat over and continue on their way of delivering drugs to be sold in America.

That's pure DFSoB stuff. The boat may be small, but it still weighed several thousand pounds, and probably had a few small holes in it...big enough to swim through. Maybe Cotton head could flip that boat over, but no one else on the planet could. Not even a salvage crew could make that boat seaworthy again.
The 2 survivors couldn't possibly cause anyone harm, seeing that they were probably wounded, and alone in the ocean.
What we have been doing out there is a blatant violation of international law, and deliberately killing those men is murder.

But, it makes for good political theater; raw meat for the MAGA base.

angrychair

(11,594 posts)
25. Reminder
Fri Dec 5, 2025, 12:15 PM
Yesterday

That the military will always justify the murder of unarmed civilians. That isn't my opinion but history. To presume that we are safe and "it couldn't happen here" I would point you to incidents like Kent State and the Bonus Army Incident. That was just two major incidents. There are many others, by national guard, like the University of New Mexico Incident or the University of Jackson Massacre.

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