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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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40. Armchair warriors often fail

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Sun May 19, 2019, 07:09 PM

May 2019

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Trump: "If Iran wants to fight, that will be the official end of Iran." [View all] Miles Archer May 2019 OP

To quote your late partner, Mr Spade: the cheaper the crook, the gaudier the patter... First Speaker May 2019 #1

"the cheaper the crook, the gaudier the patter..." Me. May 2019 #11

Miles Archer was Sam Spade's partner in The Maltese Falcon... Wounded Bear May 2019 #24

Read this as I was watching Casablanca! CanonRay May 2019 #28

he is literally threatening annihilation of Iran....via a TWEET Skittles May 2019 #2

If that alone is not an impeachable offense, WTF is?!?! InAbLuEsTaTe May 2019 #8

How amazing indeed malaise May 2019 #12

Trump will start a war just because he can Skittles May 2019 #17

I don't think he'll start anything with Iran malaise May 2019 #18

Or they will allow it.... Xolodno May 2019 #34

To quote The Bard CanonRay May 2019 #29

Famous last words from an American loser lunatica May 2019 #3

What would Trump know? hunter May 2019 #4

Yep and he is gonna send in safeinOhio May 2019 #6

"Hold me back! Hold me back!" kentuck May 2019 #5

and the Trumpists will think this means he is being tough and manly and patriotic...LOL. Thomas Hurt May 2019 #7

So true... scary shit!! InAbLuEsTaTe May 2019 #9

Send him in first, then watch him soil himself. TheCowsCameHome May 2019 #10

He will look like this before the first shot if fired.... Elwood P Dowd May 2019 #16

ROFL malaise May 2019 #22

Donny Dirty Pants rurallib May 2019 #41

Or it could end up like the war he missed because of .. CatMor May 2019 #13

pumpkin head pamdb May 2019 #14

I forgot. What was that quip from *? Was it "Bring 'em on"? no_hypocrisy May 2019 #15

How long before we find out duforsure May 2019 #19

Tough talk from a man who can't close an umbrella. John Fante May 2019 #20

So says the draft dodging coward in chief. (nm) Elwood P Dowd May 2019 #21

Yeah right, moron. Butterflylady May 2019 #23

Ask Iraq and Afghanistan how well that worked out. Initech May 2019 #25

So I see our president smokes crack tymorial May 2019 #26

Hey. MAGATS thegoose May 2019 #27

Says the man who would madashelltoo May 2019 #30

He is one dumb Mother Fu#k@r. N/T kacekwl May 2019 #31

Fucking asshole. Turin_C3PO May 2019 #32

Jim Jong Un says "Hold my beer!" dameatball May 2019 #33

He'll be first in line ProudLib72 May 2019 #35

Iran can just flatter Trump and 'negotiate' like Kim... "very honorable' Trump calls Kim keithbvadu2 May 2019 #36

I'm a chickenhawk, see C_U_L8R May 2019 #37

Insane little man. Glimmer of Hope May 2019 #38

We're going to wake up one morning to News that trump has preemptively nuked Iran aren't we :( maryellen99 May 2019 #39

Armchair warriors often fail Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2019 #40

STFU, Donnie, area51 May 2019 #42

Every day, I find myself stunned that this man is president of the United States StarfishSaver May 2019 #43