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DFW

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6. If we get into a prolonged armed conflict with Iran, and it involves a land war

Reply to lostincalifornia (Original post)

Sun Mar 1, 2026, 11:13 AM

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We had better get used to days when we lose 3 dead being days being days of "negligible losses."

Republican regimes in recent history have known not to attack countries that shoot back (Iraq was a mistake, not an exception). If Trump thought that Iran would make an exception for him, he is sorely mistaken.

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