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Mary's avatar

Thank you and your family for your service! Also thank you for this warning. Hoping the right people get the memo!!!

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hw's avatar

It's also a "Wag the Dog" moment...Trump's deportations are disastrous politically, his economy policies have catapulted unemployment, the value of the dollar is sinking, Trump's tax cuts for the wealthy (aka, decimation of Medicaid) is wildly unpopular, slashing veterans' benefits, relentless attacks on the trans community, sell-off of public lands...all unpopular.

Nothing like a pointless war to distract the media...

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Michele L's avatar

Plus Don Jr and family want to put hotels and golf courses in Gaza over the bodies of women and children. Trump is helping kill and starve millions of women, children elderly just like he did during COVID! Let’s send Cruz’s kids and Trump’s kids to war first.

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Ann's avatar

Love your stepping forward with the truth!

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Donna's avatar

As they slash benefits, they want WHO to go to war?? That would be a very big "ask" from a so-called commander in chief that never served a day!

Oh, and call the military "suckers and losers".

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Randy G's avatar

Vietnam Combat Veteran here d:-/

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Daniel Solomon's avatar

Ditto.

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Alexandra Barcus's avatar

Thank you for this very, very important post.

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XGirl's avatar

Thank you. My worry,,, as this administration is not well informed as they axed cybersecurity and the experts who can help this country we are not fully aware of what the facts underlying the weapons program. It is good Israel is trying to put this threat down for a decade. Yet we are not fully prepared as we have a Pentagon stuck with a tv personality and Bashir girl locked out of the room. Not that I trust someone who is so vulnerable they are in not one but two cults. It is my understanding we want to be safe from the menaces that lurk under the mountains and tunnels and heaven knows what it will take. There is no place to destroy what small amounts of human freedom within the 90million people. I remember when the people had art and universities and lovely places where people were happy before the religious cloak fell upon. Please help our understanding how we can be absolutely sure this is just. I wish we will take a step back. Watch learn and maybe by grace Iran will come to the conversation with good intentions. That’s just a civilian opinion and concern. Thank you and your family. Love the Kat

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Bill Elmore's avatar

Thank you Fred for your truth telling and for your and your families selfless service.

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Connie weeks's avatar

It’s such a bad idea trump will almost certainly involve us in a war with Iran.

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Alejandro Rivas's avatar

Here we go again, why the f!!!*k are we getting involved in yet another conflict that doesn’t need our involvement. Not to mention how illegal this so called president is trying to involve us in it.

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Charlie B's avatar

Nailed it,Fred.

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Donna's avatar

Thank you again.

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JP Connolly's avatar

And I see Schumer and Jeffries, so-called minority leaders in the Senate and House, are gung ho for war. And thank you for spelling out what war is about and it just isn't a stroll in the park.

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Thomas Paramo's avatar

Right on the money. And even scarier is if we did go to war, you have the likes of Trump, Pete H., making critical decisions. 😳

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Victoria's avatar

Well Fred, I wish the whole world could hear you speak this truth. You're absolutely right, those in power and their families that are championing this war will never see Iraq or any Warfare for that matter. Trump is a sick and demented little man, even just his voice turns my stomach.

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