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Swede

(39,224 posts) Sat Mar 14, 2026, 09:55 AM 18 hrs ago

Hegseth - The Straits of Hormuz are safe to traverse if Iran doesn't shoot at you.

The guy ain't no rocket surgeon.

The only risk in playing Russian Roulette is that you pull the trigger when a bullet's in the chamber. Otherwise it's perfectly safe.
— George Conway âš–ï¸ðŸ‡ºðŸ‡¸ (@gtconway.bsky.social) 2026-03-14T13:07:06.656Z

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Hegseth - The Straits of Hormuz are safe to traverse if Iran doesn't shoot at you. (Original Post) Swede 18 hrs ago OP

Oh, well then, what's the big deal? Ocelot II 18 hrs ago #1

And this is the secretary of war.......................... Lovie777 18 hrs ago #2

Or your tanker hits a mine.. thomski64 18 hrs ago #3

For any of Trump's appointments, you could pick anyone walking down the street, & they would do a better job. Swede 17 hrs ago #4

Agreed! Hope22 15 hrs ago #13

My Dog Would Do Better ProfessorGAC 13 hrs ago #14

;-{).... Goonch 17 hrs ago #5

50/50 EarthFirst 17 hrs ago #6

He wants a sacrificial lamb OC375 17 hrs ago #7

You go first Pete. Irish_Dem 16 hrs ago #8

That mushroom may or may not be poisonous MurrayDelph 16 hrs ago #9

That's the same brilliant insight he demonstrated on Fox and Friends William Seger 15 hrs ago #10

In about 10-25 year, you lucky young DU'ers will get to watch 'Kegbreath's Iran War Stories' Submariner 15 hrs ago #11

Pete Hegseth could be a genius liberalgunwilltravel 15 hrs ago #12

Ocelot II

(130,270 posts)

1. Oh, well then, what's the big deal?

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Sat Mar 14, 2026, 10:00 AM

18 hrs ago

Lovie777

(22,801 posts)

2. And this is the secretary of war..........................

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Sat Mar 14, 2026, 10:03 AM

18 hrs ago

thomski64

(911 posts)

3. Or your tanker hits a mine..

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Sat Mar 14, 2026, 10:05 AM

18 hrs ago

What an asshole!

Krasnov has appointed the most glaringly incompetent schmucks he possibly could to burn it down before dies.

Swede

(39,224 posts)

4. For any of Trump's appointments, you could pick anyone walking down the street, & they would do a better job.

Reply to thomski64 (Reply #3)

Sat Mar 14, 2026, 10:10 AM

17 hrs ago

Some of that is on purpose, some of that is because he, too, is incompetent.

Hope22

(4,696 posts)

13. Agreed!

Reply to Swede (Reply #4)

Sat Mar 14, 2026, 01:05 PM

15 hrs ago

My father was born in ‘39. He always said that Representatives and Senators should be selected by lottery and sent to DC. Keeping the terms limited to avoid the mess we have now! I used to think that sounded risky but the moral compass of so many in DC now have proven to be despicable money grubbing souls.

ProfessorGAC

(76,545 posts)

14. My Dog Would Do Better

Reply to Swede (Reply #4)

Sat Mar 14, 2026, 02:23 PM

13 hrs ago

We don't even need a random human to be better than him.

Goonch

(4,840 posts)

5. ;-{)....

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Sat Mar 14, 2026, 10:24 AM

17 hrs ago

EarthFirst

(4,100 posts)

6. 50/50

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Sat Mar 14, 2026, 10:33 AM

17 hrs ago

OC375

(799 posts)

7. He wants a sacrificial lamb

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Sat Mar 14, 2026, 10:35 AM

17 hrs ago

We can then destroy their oil industry and take them off the board for years. Supply chain starts back up without them… So, yeah… By all means… Who’s first?

Irish_Dem

(80,962 posts)

8. You go first Pete.

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Sat Mar 14, 2026, 11:24 AM

16 hrs ago

MurrayDelph

(5,745 posts)

9. That mushroom may or may not be poisonous

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Sat Mar 14, 2026, 11:39 AM

16 hrs ago

If you eat it and nothing happens, it was fine. If you get sick and/or die, it was poisonous.

William Seger

(12,411 posts)

10. That's the same brilliant insight he demonstrated on Fox and Friends

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Sat Mar 14, 2026, 12:13 PM

15 hrs ago

No wonder #rump was impressed.

Submariner

(13,349 posts)

11. In about 10-25 year, you lucky young DU'ers will get to watch 'Kegbreath's Iran War Stories'

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Sat Mar 14, 2026, 12:46 PM

15 hrs ago

on Fox News at 3:00 AM Sunday mornings just like Ollie North did Vietnam war stories until recently.

Poor me, because of old age I'll be dead by then thanks goodness.

liberalgunwilltravel

(1,190 posts)

12. Pete Hegseth could be a genius

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Sat Mar 14, 2026, 12:46 PM

15 hrs ago

If he wasn't a moron.

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