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Bmoboy

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11. Slinking back to the lowest

Reply to DetroitLegalBeagle (Reply #5)

Wed Dec 3, 2025, 02:26 PM

Wednesday

For a brief moment, the concept of a compassionate victor seemed possible. Germany and Japan were rebuilt. Europe was rebuilt.

Now, mutually assured destruction is once again the dominant policy.

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What Pete Hegseth and these other chest-thumpers don't seem to understand [View all] cyclonefence Wednesday OP

Exactly the point I keep making. Hegseth is putting US troops in grave danger. Irish_Dem Wednesday #1

Yes! Force them to read novels! SheltieLover Wednesday #2

Presupposes that MAGAts can read..... lastlib Wednesday #14

Yes, that is a big problem in magat land SheltieLover Wednesday #15

I was more generous, had them at 5th grade level. ananda Wednesday #16

Most of them Traildogbob Wednesday #3

Plus they are putting the troops into moral dilemmas Redleg Wednesday #4

So basically the exact thing our service members have faced since the Korean War? DetroitLegalBeagle Wednesday #5

So you think Hegseth's got it right? dpibel Wednesday #6

No DetroitLegalBeagle Wednesday #18

Slinking back to the lowest Bmoboy Wednesday #11

80 years ago DetroitLegalBeagle Wednesday #19

Or at least make them watch some decent movies PatSeg Wednesday #7

Excellent point! And the re-education camps too! liberalla Wednesday #8

Chickenhawks don't care. kairos12 Wednesday #9

Exactly. MLWR Wednesday #17

"is that rules of engagement work both ways" Ray Bruns Wednesday #10

Oh, to hell with that! OldBaldy1701E Wednesday #12

Fore me them to read anything other than a room of maga haters. MLAA Wednesday #13

Non military citizens as well. Dark n Stormy Knight Thursday #20