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mahatmakanejeeves

(70,001 posts) Sun Apr 5, 2026, 07:19 AM Sunday

The big problem I'm having with the stories about the rescue is [View all]

that they all take the form

[Something happened], Trump says.

[Something happened], White House officials say.

Every account is based on details that are being orchestrated by the White House.

Maybe someday we'll get an independent account of how this event proceeded.

Will that be before or after Trump has erected a monument to the event and himself on the grounds of the White House, floodlit twenty-four hours per day?

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The big problem I'm having with the stories about the rescue is [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Sunday OP

And don't forget it's the greatest rescue in history malaise Sunday #1

and don't forget this is Trump's vanity war.. agingdem Sunday #3

Precisely malaise Sunday #4

Let's not forget who the real hero is in the greatest rescue in history thought crime Sunday #13

An effin clown and a monster malaise Sunday #15

Apparently lost 2 C130s and helicopter in this mission - but Iran's air defense was obliterated right? 617Blue Sunday #2

Our official story is that they were stuck in a refueling depot, TheRickles Sunday #8

I have been watching Malcolm Nance's YT channel 617Blue Sunday #9

weren't shot down. WarGamer Sunday #14

There's some more info here... druidity33 Sunday #5

Meanwhile ... debsy Sunday #6

Am scolding myself for a cynical response to what should be a allegorical oracle Sunday #7

I don't trust anything this administration says. Mtnmama Sunday #10

This is for his base who accept anything his government says without question but believe the moon landing was faked ToxMarz Sunday #11

In a huge white House ceremony . . . AverageOldGuy Sunday #12

K&R spanone Sunday #16

It sure points to the precarious position of the US politically in my opinion. David__77 Sunday #17