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returnee

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5. An incompetent asshole is diminishing the military...

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Sat Apr 4, 2026, 11:33 AM

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…by removing our most competent leaders. What could possibly go wrong?

Forgive me, but I don’t believe this is about Hegseth’s Christian nationalist baloney. I think he’s taking orders from Putin, whose entire purpose is to destabilize the US.

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