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23. I'm surprised

Fri Oct 3, 2025, 02:43 PM

6 hrs ago

peewee pete didn't order senior officers to come up with menacing nicknames for themselves. That might be next.

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Ret. Gen. James Mattis [View all] BootinUp 23 hrs ago OP

That is a Marine's Marine. MarineCombatEngineer 23 hrs ago #1

Get thee to the greatest page malaise 23 hrs ago #2

Thats from 2020 dweller 23 hrs ago #3

Thanks. intheflow 22 hrs ago #5

Yeh , I just wanted to put it to perspective dweller 22 hrs ago #6

Thank you, came to post the same canetoad 20 hrs ago #11

Why does that matter? Trueblue Texan 20 hrs ago #14

This is GD not Breaking News malaise 13 hrs ago #15

This message was self-deleted by its author intheflow 22 hrs ago #4

Blame the SCOTUS. Grifting TrumpToadys. And you know who I mean. BradBo 22 hrs ago #7

uhh poozwah 8 hrs ago #16

And no balls BaronChocula 6 hrs ago #19

From 2020 but still relevant. I hope he speaks up again. nt SunSeeker 22 hrs ago #8

General Mattis is a man of great wisdom. flashman13 20 hrs ago #10

DU had a group laugh canetoad 20 hrs ago #12

He didn't like it BaronChocula 6 hrs ago #21

Admiral Halsey hated the name Bull with a passion. flashman13 6 hrs ago #22

I'm surprised BaronChocula 6 hrs ago #23

Since he said this 5 years ago, it really doesn't give me much comfort. 1WorldHope 7 hrs ago #17

KnR Bookmarking Hekate 20 hrs ago #13

kick allegorical oracle 6 hrs ago #20

K&R Blue Owl 4 hrs ago #24