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Aussie105

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11. No, just the USA.

Reply to James48 (Reply #9)

Sat Mar 14, 2026, 09:28 PM

16 hrs ago

The US military and the industrial complex behind it never got the 'stand down' order after WW2.

It's a worry though, when people in the US bleat about the price of eggs and fuel, when the bigger tragedy perpetuated by the US is happening overseas.
Death of countless civilians, destruction of houses, infrastructure - just gets a glancing and temporary look of concern.

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Israel Is Running Critically Low On Interceptors, Semafor Reports [View all] BumRushDaShow 20 hrs ago OP

Maybe don't attack other countries?? NoMoreRepugs 20 hrs ago #1

And don't elect leaders who commit crimes then use war to distract voters. Probatim 19 hrs ago #2

Gee! There's an idea! Exactly! paleotn 19 hrs ago #5

And if Trump diverts any US-made interceptors to Israel, it's Ukraine who suffer muriel_volestrangler 19 hrs ago #3

No guarantee we're not getting low too. paleotn 18 hrs ago #6

It's the same old tell - "yeah, we got plenty". Translation - "we're way low". flashman13 15 hrs ago #12

JMO, but my guess is that Europe will continue to supply Ukraine Deminpenn 6 hrs ago #20

The Ukraine has helped the US Old Crank 6 hrs ago #21

Good. Play stupid games, get hit by high explosives. paleotn 19 hrs ago #4

Don't worry. Iranian missile launching capacity is down 93% Prairie Gates 18 hrs ago #7

As soon as you start quoting numbers with a '%' sign after them . . . Aussie105 16 hrs ago #10

... Prairie Gates 14 hrs ago #14

That's an interesting philosophy FBaggins 13 hrs ago #19

This message was self-deleted by its author Prairie Gates 5 hrs ago #23

Good one vanessa_ca 14 hrs ago #16

It would be even more Trumpian to say their missile capacity is down 900%. Intractable 13 hrs ago #18

Oopsie liberalgunwilltravel 18 hrs ago #8

Mankind is screwed. James48 17 hrs ago #9

No, just the USA. Aussie105 16 hrs ago #11

You go to an unprovoked war with the army you have... Gore1FL 15 hrs ago #13

So they can escort ships in the Hormuz Strait RainCaster 14 hrs ago #15

It's been getting hammered for days. This was just 3 hours ago vanessa_ca 14 hrs ago #17

The problem being Old Crank 6 hrs ago #22