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Native

(7,373 posts)
Thu Apr 16, 2026, 08:16 AM 20 hrs ago

Hegseth live this morning - Iran must be laughing their heads off.

blah, blah, blah, we are the greatest, you are the weakest. God, church, blah, blah, blah. we are warriors, blah, blah, blah...threats & more threats....rinse & repeat.

concluding with, "the American military is locked and loaded."

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Hegseth live this morning - Iran must be laughing their heads off. (Original Post) Native 20 hrs ago OP
He is such an ass. PittBlue 20 hrs ago #1
Effing blood thirsty idiot................... Lovie777 20 hrs ago #2
sounds like he is taunting and daring for a reaction; peacebuzzard 19 hrs ago #3
Whiskey Pete's rapture fantasy isn't going to play out Dr. T 19 hrs ago #4
Iran fighting the US is like taking candy from a baby. Irish_Dem 19 hrs ago #5
They are living in a bad Marvel movie. Srkdqltr 19 hrs ago #6
Kegsbreath ABC123Easy 19 hrs ago #7

peacebuzzard

(5,882 posts)
3. sounds like he is taunting and daring for a reaction;
Thu Apr 16, 2026, 08:48 AM
19 hrs ago

sounds just like him.... a jerk and jackass....
like the schoolyard bully everyone snickered at and avoided; except it sounds like he is wishing for a bigger, more blown-out military mobilization; more than it already is...
I can't keep up with the play-by-play every day on this war; it just makes me ill; I can't get my BP up there anymore. Thanks for the insight, though, with this post.

I prefer to hear about it here, in my safe place.

Dr. T

(660 posts)
4. Whiskey Pete's rapture fantasy isn't going to play out
Thu Apr 16, 2026, 09:11 AM
19 hrs ago

the way he hoped it would. There will be no painless twirling into the clouds, just burnt and dismembered bodies.

Irish_Dem

(81,747 posts)
5. Iran fighting the US is like taking candy from a baby.
Thu Apr 16, 2026, 09:12 AM
19 hrs ago

The US is full of total idiots.

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