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allegorical oracle

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4. So this whole mess is pointless? Besides the death and injuries of our troops,

Reply to SamuelTheThird (Original post)

Mon Mar 30, 2026, 09:11 PM

23 hrs ago

and spending $2 billion a day, what did he accomplish? When he took office, Hormuz was open and functioning. It closed due to his ordering an attack on Iran. He needs to be impeached.

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So this whole mess is pointless? Besides the death and injuries of our troops, allegorical oracle 23 hrs ago #4

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He and his "crew" Blue_Roses 22 hrs ago #8

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Not debating that. GoodRaisin 21 hrs ago #20

Stopping military action now, today, is the right thing to do. David__77 21 hrs ago #17

Open the fucking straight!!! Throw Stephen Miller in the dumpster where he belongs already! Initech 21 hrs ago #19

They should deploy the Ben Shapiro for sure. David__77 21 hrs ago #21

So..... Declare he won and then RockRaven 20 hrs ago #22

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