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OldBaldy1701E

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12. Oh, to hell with that!

Reply to cyclonefence (Original post)

Wed Dec 3, 2025, 02:49 PM

Dec 3

Conservatives need to be put on th front line of their stupid dick wavings. Let them risk their own lives if they want to start shit with someone.

FAFO is a tough teacher.

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What Pete Hegseth and these other chest-thumpers don't seem to understand [View all] cyclonefence Dec 3 OP

Exactly the point I keep making. Hegseth is putting US troops in grave danger. Irish_Dem Dec 3 #1

Yes! Force them to read novels! SheltieLover Dec 3 #2

Presupposes that MAGAts can read..... lastlib Dec 3 #14

Yes, that is a big problem in magat land SheltieLover Dec 3 #15

I was more generous, had them at 5th grade level. ananda Dec 3 #16

Most of them Traildogbob Dec 3 #3

Plus they are putting the troops into moral dilemmas Redleg Dec 3 #4

So basically the exact thing our service members have faced since the Korean War? DetroitLegalBeagle Dec 3 #5

So you think Hegseth's got it right? dpibel Dec 3 #6

No DetroitLegalBeagle Dec 3 #18

Slinking back to the lowest Bmoboy Dec 3 #11

80 years ago DetroitLegalBeagle Dec 3 #19

Or at least make them watch some decent movies PatSeg Dec 3 #7

Excellent point! And the re-education camps too! liberalla Dec 3 #8

Chickenhawks don't care. kairos12 Dec 3 #9

Exactly. MLWR Dec 3 #17

"is that rules of engagement work both ways" Ray Bruns Dec 3 #10

Oh, to hell with that! OldBaldy1701E Dec 3 #12

Fore me them to read anything other than a room of maga haters. MLAA Dec 3 #13

Non military citizens as well. Dark n Stormy Knight Dec 4 #20