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Brenda

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27. Their War Footing fantasies are gonna hit a big fat brick wall.

Reply to Martin Eden (Reply #22)

Fri Apr 17, 2026, 03:42 PM

Apr 17

I heard they're talking up the draft again. Hah! Most American males (even if they raise the age to 45) are overweight and out of shape. There is no surge of volunteers. However the many low income POC and females who have been filling the slots as a career path out of poverty are NOT WELCOME NOW.

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buckle up boys and girls, piss drunk pete did a thing... [View all] Javaman Apr 17 OP

Shades of Nazi Germany. sinkingfeeling Apr 17 #1

The Nazis Codifer Apr 17 #18

Yes, Henry Ford used slave labor in his European plants. wnylib Apr 17 #20

Obviously Booze Breath is gearing up for more wnylib Apr 17 #19

They will not be happy until we are all killed ... by their greed, incompetence, hatred. CurtEastPoint Apr 17 #2

Yes, it's their billionaire owners wettest dream. Hey Joe Apr 17 #15

American Seizer. Harker Apr 17 #3

Voting matters maliaSmith Apr 17 #4

War monger Pete wants to keep as many US wars going as possible to keep himself entertained and feeling macho. Lonestarblue Apr 17 #5

Detroit Drone City Kid Berwyn Apr 17 #6

They are going to do some really evil shit. Initech Apr 17 #7

Gotta have somewhere to spend that $1.5 trillion taxpayer dollars. OGBuzz Apr 17 #8

""...solving life and death problems for our war fighters." - great rhetoric pete you dickhead. c-rational Apr 17 #9

"war fighters", "Dept of war", "Lethality". He gets off on those manly words BlueWaveNeverEnd Apr 17 #24

Sick BeneteauBum Apr 17 #10

Let's just change the name of the U.S....... SergeStorms Apr 17 #11

Yeah this is the tough guy who needed a styling room put in the Pentagon... Drum Apr 17 #12

JHFC orangecrush Apr 17 #13

We could solve a big life or death problem for our 'war fighters' or peace keepers in days of old.. Hope22 Apr 17 #14

Wow, let's see how low trump's approval rating can go. Omnipresent Apr 17 #16

Sometimes AI is our firend AverageOldGuy Apr 17 #17

There is no denying that they are Nazi wannabes. Brenda Apr 17 #25

I thought this was just an excursion. chowder66 Apr 17 #21

How about putting America on a PEACE FOOTING instead? Martin Eden Apr 17 #22

Their War Footing fantasies are gonna hit a big fat brick wall. Brenda Apr 17 #27

But, they can't manage to feed our Navy Bayard Apr 17 #23

Right? Brenda Apr 17 #26

We've been on a war footing since December 7, 1941 The Wizard Apr 17 #28