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Pete Hegseth: "the problem w/ Iran is that it spends on weapons and missiles instead of improving life for their people" (Original Post) BlueWaveNeverEnd Mar 27 OP
"improving life" What is your WAR DEPARTMENT doing? eom SalamanderSleeps Mar 27 #1
The man doesn't understand the meaning of irony Chasstev365 Mar 27 #2
splinters Whip-poor-will Mar 27 #3
Preach on Reverend!!! displacedvermoter Mar 27 #31
you mean like, STARTING ILLEGAL WARS Skittles Mar 27 #4
ding. this . AllaN01Bear Mar 27 #17
Politicizing his job. bucolic_frolic Mar 27 #5
The problem with Pete Hegseth... purr-rat beauty Mar 27 #6
Comedy gold Freddie Mar 27 #7
Kinda like the Trump admin. OLDMDDEM Mar 27 #8
These people are on the wrong side of so many things, displacedvermoter Mar 27 #11
I totally agree with you. Somehow they need to be removed from office. OLDMDDEM Mar 27 #29
Wow, that's rich... bamagal62 Mar 27 #9
Smart people can hide that they are smart. Stupid people don't get that chance. twodogsbarking Mar 27 #10
Irony is Dead.... Ford_Prefect Mar 27 #12
And buried in a shallow grave with a sack of lime. bluesbassman Mar 27 #37
My hypocrisy meter just blew up. Ray Bruns Mar 27 #13
The problem w/Pete Hogshit is that he's too full oasis Mar 27 #14
None so blind as those who cannot see.. sinkingfeeling Mar 27 #15
Oh, Drinky Guy... ms liberty Mar 27 #16
Are They All Insane, Or Just Consummate Liars? 🤪 ColoringFool Mar 27 #18
BOTH. GiqueCee Mar 27 #24
Not consummate -- more like shambolic, inept, self-contradicting liars. Insane, though, they've got covered ... eppur_se_muova Mar 27 #39
In that case DFW Mar 27 #19
Is this a classic self own? surfered Mar 27 #20
Let me turn on the machine here... OldBaldy1701E Mar 27 #21
I'm stealing this surfered Mar 27 #22
Shut up little psycho man. hadEnuf Mar 27 #23
Little dab will do ya. travelingthrulife Mar 27 #30
Meantime, Petey has to get by on about $1 trillion a year BeyondGeography Mar 27 #25
I am rarely at a loss for words... GiqueCee Mar 27 #26
I believe, though, that he has been skillfully displacedvermoter Mar 27 #32
Trump deliberately chooses idiots... GiqueCee Mar 27 #33
Irony, meet the imbecile. marble falls Mar 27 #27
Irony is dead...nt Wounded Bear Mar 27 #28
Just like North Korea and Us. nt leftyladyfrommo Mar 27 #34
"Now give me another 200 billion dollars so I can buy more weapons and missiles." Midnight Writer Mar 27 #35
Look in the mirror, Kegbreath. nt City Lights Mar 27 #36
Understand republianmushroom Mar 27 #38
Pot meet kettle. GoodRaisin Mar 27 #40

Chasstev365

(7,822 posts)
2. The man doesn't understand the meaning of irony
Fri Mar 27, 2026, 06:09 AM
Mar 27

What we could do with even 1/4 of the military budget to improve the lives of our people.

Whip-poor-will

(264 posts)
3. splinters
Fri Mar 27, 2026, 06:15 AM
Mar 27

Hey petie working for a pedo ,Jesus said " Get the Minuteman missile out of your eye before you remove the drone speck from Iran's eye, or something like that."

Skittles

(171,791 posts)
4. you mean like, STARTING ILLEGAL WARS
Fri Mar 27, 2026, 06:22 AM
Mar 27

while telling Americans needing affordable healthcare to go fuck themselves?

bucolic_frolic

(55,209 posts)
5. Politicizing his job.
Fri Mar 27, 2026, 06:35 AM
Mar 27

But of course we don't have Secretary of Defense anymore, do we. Better named Secretary of Aggression.

displacedvermoter

(4,564 posts)
11. These people are on the wrong side of so many things,
Fri Mar 27, 2026, 07:56 AM
Mar 27

that now the US is in no position to condemn any of our adversaries for human rights abuses, election fraud, corruption, and now, stealing from their own people. They come off as hypocrites at best, and ass clowns -- like Hegseth here -- at their stupid worst.

bluesbassman

(20,384 posts)
37. And buried in a shallow grave with a sack of lime.
Fri Mar 27, 2026, 11:56 AM
Mar 27

Not to worry though; it’s been replaced by the ever popular gaslighting.

eppur_se_muova

(41,971 posts)
39. Not consummate -- more like shambolic, inept, self-contradicting liars. Insane, though, they've got covered ...
Fri Mar 27, 2026, 03:32 PM
Mar 27

... eight different ways.

DFW

(60,214 posts)
19. In that case
Fri Mar 27, 2026, 08:31 AM
Mar 27

We should be the closest of blood brothers, having identical outlooks on how to run our respective countries.

OldBaldy1701E

(11,181 posts)
21. Let me turn on the machine here...
Fri Mar 27, 2026, 08:36 AM
Mar 27




Well, it seems that the machine detects some anomalies in that man's statement.

hadEnuf

(3,621 posts)
23. Shut up little psycho man.
Fri Mar 27, 2026, 08:38 AM
Mar 27

And go back to the Fox propaganda channel. Pick up more Brylcreem first.

BeyondGeography

(41,109 posts)
25. Meantime, Petey has to get by on about $1 trillion a year
Fri Mar 27, 2026, 09:02 AM
Mar 27

That is over 2X more than Iran’s gdp.

Iran’s defense budget is around $40 billion a year. We spend 25X more and we can’t solve them militarily. Someone’s getting good bang for the buck and it’s not you Petey.

GiqueCee

(4,302 posts)
26. I am rarely at a loss for words...
Fri Mar 27, 2026, 09:10 AM
Mar 27

... but this self-important Nazi shitwit, who preens for the camera constantly, makes no effort to conceal his unbridled malice, and and is dumber than a bag of hammers, doesn't even realize what a self-own IS!

displacedvermoter

(4,564 posts)
32. I believe, though, that he has been skillfully
Fri Mar 27, 2026, 10:27 AM
Mar 27

supplanted as dumbest Trump Cabinet member by Markwayne "Oklahoma Crude" Mullin, who is dumber than a crateful of hammers.

But Hegseth is still abysmally dumb, none the less. And he is in a much better position to use his stupidity to terrible ends.

GiqueCee

(4,302 posts)
33. Trump deliberately chooses idiots...
Fri Mar 27, 2026, 10:42 AM
Mar 27

... so they can't upstage him, and don't have the cojones to disagree with him. He thinks they make him look smart in comparison.
Sorry Donnie, that ship has sailed.

republianmushroom

(22,344 posts)
38. Understand
Fri Mar 27, 2026, 01:02 PM
Mar 27

The US has a 13 Billion dollar Air Craft carrier but lacks good health care, affordable housing, Vet care, etc. Yep, I do understand, Pete.

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