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Prairie Gates

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6. Of course not...the whole suggestion was ridiculous from the get go

Reply to JBTaurus83 (Reply #2)

Sat Mar 7, 2026, 07:09 PM

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The fact that anyone in US media or government took it seriously was a laughable farce.

No doubt some Kurdish profiteers were like "Yeah, sure, give us a couple of million and a weapons cache, we'll look into it," then laughed all the way to the Swiss bank.

As was said of Watergate could be said of Hegseth and the Hegseth-directed CENTCOM: "These aren't very bright guys, and things got out of hand."

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Both the Kurds and the Iraqi government told him it wasn't going to happen Prairie Gates Saturday #1

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Of course not...the whole suggestion was ridiculous from the get go Prairie Gates Saturday #6

The most recent one by Trmp personally. There was no way they were going to trust him. nt eppur_se_muova Saturday #14

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Yeah we need more details SamuelTheThird Saturday #4

Agreed. alwaysinasnit Saturday #5

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No worries, Condoleeza paid a visit SamuelTheThird Saturday #9

ugh Quiet Em Saturday #10

I'm sure JBTaurus83 Saturday #11

Before or after the Kurds told him "No".? sinkingfeeling Saturday #8

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