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displacedvermoter

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3. We are pirates, now...

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Sun Apr 19, 2026, 04:04 PM

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Blockade is an act of war, there has been no declaration of war by Congress, so, to what authority are these orders based on to fire on an unarmed tanker?

If this really happened, of course.

We always have to add that to any response to anything these shit hooks say or do.

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BREAKING: US forces have just reportedly opened fire on an Iranian commercial vessel. [View all] riversedge Sunday OP

This is beyond stupid by Trump. nt DURHAM D Sunday #1

Well JBTaurus83 Sunday #2

We are pirates, now... displacedvermoter Sunday #3

The war was ending too fast to bury Epstein again. And again and again ... usonian Sunday #4

Word! Brother Buzz Sunday #5

NOT a tanker. James48 Sunday #6

Kinda like in Goodfellas when Henry Hill, Tommy and Jimmy displacedvermoter Sunday #7

Pretty sure bombing their country was already an act of War EX500rider Sunday #8

Are we Mad_Machine76 Sunday #9

Heck of thing that you have to ask, displacedvermoter Sunday #10

Yes. Mad_Machine76 Sunday #11