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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(134,778 posts) Wed Mar 4, 2026, 08:28 PM Yesterday

Shocked General Says Pentagon Pete Must Be 'Smoking Something'

A retired general claims leadership at the Pentagon “must be smoking something” because of its Iran hubris.

Retired Brig. Gen. Steve Anderson made the comments live on CNN News Central on Wednesday Morning after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, held a news conference at the Pentagon about the U.S.-dubbed “Operation Epic Fury.”

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“And I would say that we’re gonna be in the same situation we were in Iraq. We’re gonna be able to knock out their defensive capabilities, their offensive capabilities, establish air superiority, but they’re gonna go underground. These are tough, resilient people; they’re gonna be able to outlast us.”

He said any suggestion to the contrary is foolish. “And if we think we’re gonna be able to bomb them into submission from the air, somebody’s smoking something,” he declared.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/shocked-general-says-pentagon-pete-173841532.html

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Shocked General Says Pentagon Pete Must Be 'Smoking Something' (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Yesterday OP

If only he was... maybe peace would break out. I can imagine a stoned woke moment "OMG I'm a murderer " Blues Heron Yesterday #1

We could bomb Iran or order a large pepperoni pizza... DBoon Yesterday #3

Lol! Blues Heron Yesterday #4

That... 2naSalit Yesterday #9

Or drinking... LakeVermilion Yesterday #2

Pete is an incompetent boob Skittles Yesterday #5

duh. just hope he doesn't say crusade. pansypoo53219 Yesterday #6

Oh, he will. haele Yesterday #8

+1,000!!!!! paleotn Yesterday #12

He just has to take off his shirt. mjvpi Yesterday #13

No Traildogbob Yesterday #7

Hedgemeth MW67 Yesterday #10

Sheer madness drunk with power mountain grammy Yesterday #11

And we all know how this ends. When stupid people go off half cocked. paleotn Yesterday #14

Pete has watched far too many hollywood "B" movies Ford_Prefect 23 hrs ago #15

Uh-oh. Another retired competent sane veteran is going to be court martialed. Whyisthisstillclose 23 hrs ago #16

The whole regime is keeping liquor and pharmaceutical industries afloat. Attilatheblond 23 hrs ago #17

"...if we think we're gonna be able to bomb them into submission..." LudwigPastorius 23 hrs ago #18

Nope, just the opposite! BigmanPigman 23 hrs ago #19

Or drinking everything... Aristus 23 hrs ago #20

sure as hell ain't weed ShepKat 12 hrs ago #21

Blues Heron

(8,650 posts)

1. If only he was... maybe peace would break out. I can imagine a stoned woke moment "OMG I'm a murderer "

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Wed Mar 4, 2026, 08:35 PM

Yesterday

OMG OMG OMG OMG

DBoon

(24,884 posts)

3. We could bomb Iran or order a large pepperoni pizza...

Reply to Blues Heron (Reply #1)

Wed Mar 4, 2026, 08:39 PM

Yesterday

(takes another hit off a bong)

LET'S ORDER A PIZZA INSTEAD!

Blues Heron

(8,650 posts)

4. Lol!

Reply to DBoon (Reply #3)

Wed Mar 4, 2026, 08:40 PM

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2naSalit

(101,942 posts)

9. That...

Reply to Blues Heron (Reply #1)

Wed Mar 4, 2026, 08:59 PM

Yesterday

Rat bastard would be smoking crack.

LakeVermilion

(1,553 posts)

2. Or drinking...

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Wed Mar 4, 2026, 08:35 PM

Yesterday

If the shoe fits.

Skittles

(170,951 posts)

5. Pete is an incompetent boob

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Wed Mar 4, 2026, 08:40 PM

Yesterday

he doesn't have to be ON anything, his main "qualification" is TRUMP WHORE

pansypoo53219

(23,005 posts)

6. duh. just hope he doesn't say crusade.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Wed Mar 4, 2026, 08:41 PM

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haele

(15,311 posts)

8. Oh, he will.

Reply to pansypoo53219 (Reply #6)

Wed Mar 4, 2026, 08:58 PM

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White Christian Nationalist.
His "God" is on his side - the God of frustrated, mediocre men who want to destroy the world they're afraid of.

paleotn

(22,024 posts)

12. +1,000!!!!!

Reply to haele (Reply #8)

Wed Mar 4, 2026, 10:02 PM

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mjvpi

(1,921 posts)

13. He just has to take off his shirt.

Reply to pansypoo53219 (Reply #6)

Wed Mar 4, 2026, 10:06 PM

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Traildogbob

(12,923 posts)

7. No

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Wed Mar 4, 2026, 08:46 PM

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He is tripping from licking mushroom spores off the kings pee pee.

MW67

(149 posts)

10. Hedgemeth

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Wed Mar 4, 2026, 09:08 PM

Yesterday

We can all see what Hedgemeth been smoking

mountain grammy

(28,931 posts)

11. Sheer madness drunk with power

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Wed Mar 4, 2026, 09:51 PM

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. L

paleotn

(22,024 posts)

14. And we all know how this ends. When stupid people go off half cocked.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Wed Mar 4, 2026, 10:08 PM

Yesterday

It will end in disaster and a lot of lost blood and treasure. Here's hoping Nuttyyahoo and the band of relig-o-nut zealots supporting him get the very much short end. That's the root of all this and Donnie is too fucking stupid NOT to follow that piper into disaster. Does the "iron dome" have more interceptors than Iran has ballistic missiles and drones? We're about to find out.

And no, American relig-o-nut zealots, Jesus ain't coming to save anyone you fucking morons!

Ford_Prefect

(8,572 posts)

15. Pete has watched far too many hollywood "B" movies

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Wed Mar 4, 2026, 10:24 PM

23 hrs ago

Full of stereotypical Hollywood villains and easy, formulaic Neo-Christian 1950's dogma.
So much so that he cannot possibly parse the complexities and subtle differences found in the real world. He is the very embodiment of Dunning-Kruger with bells on!

Whyisthisstillclose

(628 posts)

16. Uh-oh. Another retired competent sane veteran is going to be court martialed.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Wed Mar 4, 2026, 10:39 PM

23 hrs ago

Petey can't stand criticism!

Attilatheblond

(8,673 posts)

17. The whole regime is keeping liquor and pharmaceutical industries afloat.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Wed Mar 4, 2026, 10:51 PM

23 hrs ago

Stone and stupid.

LudwigPastorius

(14,537 posts)

18. "...if we think we're gonna be able to bomb them into submission..."

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Wed Mar 4, 2026, 11:08 PM

23 hrs ago

Is that the goal?

Is there even a goal to this war, other than "let's bomb the shit out of them and see if something good happens to come out of it"?

Iran has been planning for this for years. They will wage a war of attrition, and ultimately bring down the world economy as a way to end this.

BigmanPigman

(54,982 posts)

19. Nope, just the opposite!

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Wed Mar 4, 2026, 11:16 PM

23 hrs ago

If he truly was "smoking something" such as pot he would be a more chilled guy. Maybe he is smoking crack instead. Now THAT would cause a loser to become an even bigger psycho.

Aristus

(72,029 posts)

20. Or drinking everything...

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Wed Mar 4, 2026, 11:21 PM

23 hrs ago

ShepKat

(519 posts)

21. sure as hell ain't weed

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Thu Mar 5, 2026, 09:28 AM

12 hrs ago

crack, bathtub crank... or somethin'.
Maybe some of that stuff the bad guy in wonder woman sniffed up his nose

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