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Midnight Writer

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17. "Sometimes you have to destroy the village in order to save the village."

Reply to BootinUp (Original post)

Sun Apr 12, 2026, 02:25 PM

16 hrs ago

Vintage doublespeak from our Vietnam "excursion".

Trump has to close the "Straight" so the Iranians don't close the "Straight".

Just like he had to start this war so that Iran would not start this war.

It's all quite simple and logical...if you speak Orwellian.

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