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Martin Eden

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9. This maniac and his boss will cross the line from killing enemy combatants to "the enemy within"

Wed Dec 3, 2025, 08:36 AM

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On Sep 30 at Quantico, all our top military leaders from around the world were gathered to hear speeches from Trump and Hegseth. Among his usual partisan rants and off topic rambling, Trump said he wanted to use US cities as "training grounds" for the military.

Hegseth in his speech said the old rules of engagement would be discarded to take the handcuffs off our military so they could do what they do best -- "kill people and break things."

Pretty straightforward to add each one of those statements and come up with two, which I'm sure Mark Kelly and the other five Democratic lawmakers did. Their video was not some random partisan attack; they saw illegal orders already being carried out off the coast of Venezuela, and felt duty bound to remind our military leaders of their sworn oath and what is in the US Code of Military Justice.

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He should resign. He's a disgrace. But he won't. sinkingfeeling Wednesday #3

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Just a thought.... FarPoint Wednesday #11

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