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IronLionZion

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4. Didn't know or didn't care?

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Apr 27, 2026, 08:32 PM

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It's possible they knew there would be retaliation but it wouldn't affect them personally. They made no efforts to evacuate American civilians from those countries either. Plenty of US allies got hit hard and might be thinking twice about hosting US bases in the future.

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Senate Democrats say Pentagon wasn't ready for Iranian retaliation on US troops [View all] BumRushDaShow Monday OP

More than likely the generals who warned about it were fired. LiberalArkie Monday #1

NBC News confirms for the first time: the Iranian Air Force bombed US military bases in the opening phase of the war. LetMyPeopleVote Monday #2

This is what happens when a despot rolls the news cycle to war to shield himself from sex crimes. ffr Monday #3

Didn't know or didn't care? IronLionZion Monday #4