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EarlG

(23,594 posts) Thu Mar 19, 2026, 10:14 AM 17 hrs ago

Pic Of The Moment: What A Difference Three Months Makes [View all]

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Remarks by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth at the Reagan National Defense Forum

Pentagon seeks more than $200 billion in budget request for Iran war

Hegseth says potential $200 billion Iran war spending request could shift: ‘Takes money to kill bad guys’

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Pic Of The Moment: What A Difference Three Months Makes [View all] EarlG 17 hrs ago OP

"Madness. Madness".* greatauntoftriplets 17 hrs ago #1

Except that we know how WWII ended - the good guys won! FakeNoose 15 hrs ago #8

We are not the "goodguys" anymore. At least the leaderships certainly aren't nowadays. We are hated the world over. OverBurn 12 hrs ago #13

Bingo. Old Crank 17 hrs ago #2

From my time machine (the internet) usonian 17 hrs ago #3

This collection proves one thing FakeNoose 15 hrs ago #9

Did Pig Hogsbreath criticize St. Ronald? nuxvomica 16 hrs ago #4

The MAGats threw Raygun under the bus a long time ago BumRushDaShow 16 hrs ago #5

I noticed that! jfz9580m 15 hrs ago #7

War Pigs BeneteauBum 15 hrs ago #6

Beer memory. twodogsbarking 14 hrs ago #10

There's no way this has only cost 212 billion. progressoid 14 hrs ago #11

Bud Light in that bottle. twodogsbarking 12 hrs ago #12