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Attilatheblond

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32. Payoff to Military Contractors Accomplished
Wed Apr 8, 2026, 01:40 PM
11 hrs ago

'Thanks for all the campaign donations, boys! Here's some big checks written on the backs of US taxpayers and dead Iranian children.'

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Just heard on MS NOW - [View all] Grim Chieftain 13 hrs ago OP
This will make great campaign commercials Johonny 13 hrs ago #1
I'll drop him off. Heading that way. Nt BootinUp 13 hrs ago #2
Well, of course he did! Who couldn't see that coming? Ocelot II 13 hrs ago #3
Iran closed Hormuz again. gab13by13 13 hrs ago #4
Can you explain implications if an order? moonscape 11 hrs ago #33
If it was an order & they followed it, Hegseth/Trump take the rap Attilatheblond 10 hrs ago #45
So a request isn't also a war crime? moonscape 9 hrs ago #47
I figured they would just try to dismantle CENTCOM Skittles 7 hrs ago #51
Grfaz! artemisia1 13 hrs ago #5
Gröfaz! Brother Buzz 10 hrs ago #42
Waiting for him to scroll Bush's MISSION ACCOMPLISHED banner across the WH. n/t flvegan 13 hrs ago #6
'Quagmire Accomplished' nt GenThePerservering 13 hrs ago #7
"Gigitty'" Ray Bruns 12 hrs ago #14
Payoff to Military Contractors Accomplished Attilatheblond 11 hrs ago #32
Hegseth made it sound like a victory bigger than the end of WWII in his press conference. Vinca 12 hrs ago #8
Wonder if Hegseth was drunk again, or still. Grim Chieftain 12 hrs ago #9
Still... 2naSalit 12 hrs ago #17
Excellent. Finally, there is time enough at last to address domestic needs. usonian 12 hrs ago #10
Burgess Meredith in one of the all time classic Twilight Zone episodes. Permanut 12 hrs ago #19
"...all the time I wanted..." calimary 11 hrs ago #31
What else do you expect him to say? maxsolomon 12 hrs ago #11
The mid-term elections have to end him. Moostache 12 hrs ago #21
LOL, right. maxsolomon 11 hrs ago #25
Butner, North Carolina has a room for him. The Wizard 12 hrs ago #12
So what- he claimed complete victory in November 2020 malaise 12 hrs ago #13
Just let him believe it! Start working on fossil fuel liberation immediately! 1WorldHope 12 hrs ago #15
win·ning /ˈwiniNG/ adjective 1. gaining, resulting in, or relating to victory in a contest or competition. twodogsbarking 12 hrs ago #16
Oh good fucking god. This was not a victory and he is completely out of his fucking mind. Initech 12 hrs ago #18
Agree to the max Grim Chieftain 12 hrs ago #24
Already a picture is out LiberalArkie 12 hrs ago #20
Seems to be a pattern Grim Chieftain 12 hrs ago #22
It is a pattern that all the wars started by the U.S. were started by Republican Presidents LiberalArkie 11 hrs ago #34
The Big Lie MLWR 12 hrs ago #23
Trump: "I can finally rest and watch the sun rise on a grateful universe" C_U_L8R 11 hrs ago #26
Again? SergeStorms 11 hrs ago #27
A Win modrepub 11 hrs ago #28
All other nations, hear this: swong19104 11 hrs ago #29
Let him think that if it's the only way we get out of this mess Figarosmom 11 hrs ago #30
Leave him there until the next crisis he fabricated. Justice matters. 11 hrs ago #36
So no need for the 200 billion extra war funding? senseandsensibility 11 hrs ago #35
The Iranians OWNED your azzz Trump. Plain and simple......... Bengus81 11 hrs ago #37
Kick. N/T Upthevibe 11 hrs ago #38
But his kind being elected to office will never stop, so long as there are uninfomred unserious uneducated voters ffr 10 hrs ago #39
America is better off if Trump believes this and gets the hell out of IRan. But he took a bad situation, and Bluetus 10 hrs ago #40
When gas prices and everything else remain high Hassler 10 hrs ago #41
Great. Now send everyone home Renew Deal 10 hrs ago #43
This demented idiot...after tweeting repulsive crap over the weekend.. BarbD 10 hrs ago #44
If Trump doesn't qualify for the 25th, no one ever will. Grim Chieftain 10 hrs ago #46
Until pictures come out of Iran destroying US and US alliance assets? MerryBlooms 9 hrs ago #48
And testing for other drugs MustLoveBeagles 7 hrs ago #53
For sure. Let's throw Hegseth into that same ring! They're both two poisoned peas in a pod. MerryBlooms 6 hrs ago #57
Yes MustLoveBeagles 6 hrs ago #58
it is a full and complete victory for trump rampartd 8 hrs ago #49
I've been thinking lately about that Turkish prison.... lastlib 7 hrs ago #50
That was the scariest movie I've ever seen..saw it when I was young and never forgot it. Deuxcents 7 hrs ago #54
Yeah, I had a couple nightmares about it. lastlib 6 hrs ago #56
Oh It CAN'T Stop..NEXT Year's Nobel Peace Prize Campaign Begins Now! n/t ForeGoneLegsBirne 7 hrs ago #52
Is it the William J. Le Petomane memorial casino for the insane? ybbor 7 hrs ago #55
I Second that. Joinfortmill 6 hrs ago #59
Let him take his participation trophy and go home. JohnnyRingo 4 hrs ago #60
Family intervention vapor2 3 hrs ago #61
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