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3. that's why they carpet bomb

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Mon Mar 2, 2026, 01:21 PM

Yesterday

...to clear out the weapons arsenal on the heads of brown people abroad so they can whine that they need a new set of toys from Lockheed and Raytheon.

It's a classic hook to lock Congress into approving 'funding for the troops' which is what perpetuated the Iraq military misadventure for two decades, even through a Democratic-controlled House.

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