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PatSeg

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15. The world has suffered such authoritarians
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 02:51 PM
Yesterday

over and over again across history and we ended up with one of the absolute dumbest of them. Why do we let this keep happening?



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Why would Iran, or for that matter, trust any thing from the U.S. under trump? It was trump who unilaterally destroyed lostincalifornia Yesterday #1
Bullies are always surprised like that. C_U_L8R Yesterday #2
My guess, Donny, is they don't want to 'capitulate' to the madman who withdrew from an existing agreement. tanyev Yesterday #3
"Why doesn't the world do exactly what I want?" PatSeg Yesterday #4
"My lackeys in America do." ananda Yesterday #14
The world has suffered such authoritarians PatSeg Yesterday #15
Radix malorum est cupiditas. ananda Yesterday #17
Without a doubt PatSeg Yesterday #18
Maybe it's their 5000 year history. Turbineguy Yesterday #5
they're a little busy slaughtering their own ppl. mopinko Yesterday #6
Pedo say what to Pedo? Clouds Passing Yesterday #7
Too stupid to see reality. Kid Berwyn Yesterday #8
Curiosity is unknown to Dump. He is just plain ignorant. Martin68 Yesterday #9
Iran isn't Venezuela... Hugin Yesterday #10
TACO DBoon Yesterday #11
Of all the things that worry me about this situation . . . AverageOldGuy Yesterday #12
"What's the chance of one or more armed Iranian drones getting through and...severely damaging a carrier?" BumRushDaShow Yesterday #13
I'd be more concerned about Iran's rumored state-of-art torpedoes Brother Buzz Yesterday #19
We would have 2 carrier groups (and all their ships) BumRushDaShow Yesterday #20
It's very simple, Donnie Dumdum... Pluvious Yesterday #16
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