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intheflow

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30. This was the most awful thing he said, imo:
Fri Oct 3, 2025, 03:27 PM
2 hrs ago
War is something you do sparingly, on our own terms, and with clear aims. We fight to win. We unleash overwhelming and punishing violence on the enemy. We also don’t fight with stupid rules of engagement. We untie the hands of our warfighters to intimidate, demoralize, hunt, and kill the enemies of our country. No more politically correct and overbearing rules of engagement, just common sense, maximum lethality, and authority for warfighters. That’s all I ever wanted as a platoon leader, and it’s all my E-6 squad leaders ever wanted.


intimidate,
demoralize,
hunt,
and kill enemies.

And then Trump adds - "Hey! We're gonna let you try out those strategies against your fellow citizens in American cities!"

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Pete Hogshit will end up in prison some day. oasis 6 hrs ago #1
please . . . evilhime 4 hrs ago #14
If there is any justice Mad_Machine76 3 hrs ago #27
I call him Pig Hogsbreath nuxvomica 3 hrs ago #28
He's definitely a pig. 🐷 oasis 1 hr ago #31
Tradition or no tradition, if I were one of the senior officers in attendance I'd be flying up onto the stage generalbetrayus 6 hrs ago #2
Pete is an F'ing scum bag. Biophilic 6 hrs ago #3
Add to that goebbles statement go LEOs "You are unleashed" in Memphis SheltieLover 6 hrs ago #4
I am an USAF kid and the Air Force is the most polite group you will ever see. Irish_Dem 6 hrs ago #5
"we could not get over how rude, ill mannered, and racist American civilians were." It was on full display at Escurumbele 5 hrs ago #9
The GOP is turning the US into a nation of monsters. Irish_Dem 5 hrs ago #12
I blame Rush "I'm in Hell" Limbaugh BaronChocula 3 hrs ago #24
Yes he was a big part of the hate filled training program. Irish_Dem 3 hrs ago #25
Yeah that can of worms has been open for 10 years already FakeNoose 4 hrs ago #19
Well, some people certainly don't PatSeg 6 hrs ago #6
That line describes him and him only, most of the rest will be disgusted Arazi 6 hrs ago #7
If he had been "Secretary of War" back in WWII, when there was actually a SoW, Aristus 6 hrs ago #8
Yes he's projecting for sure. Hope22 5 hrs ago #10
Arrested development: emotionally, he's twelve years old (nt) William Seger 5 hrs ago #11
Describes pretty much all of trump's administration... Wounded Bear 4 hrs ago #21
Not that I am the thread Enforcer or anything, but... GopherGal 3 hrs ago #26
He certainly seems to admire people who "break things and kill people". Ping Tung 5 hrs ago #13
I'm inclined to believe those words of Einstein. oasis 1 hr ago #32
I can hear him whispering Mblaze 4 hrs ago #15
So much for Charmin One 4 hrs ago #16
Dude's a pure asshole. n/t SpankMe 4 hrs ago #17
His speech surfered 4 hrs ago #18
Or fragged. MLWR 4 hrs ago #20
Whiskey Pete is a real wannabe. NoMoreRepugs 3 hrs ago #22
Sounds more like ICE than our military. Marie Marie 3 hrs ago #23
Hegseth didn't make up the line. mn9driver 3 hrs ago #29
Maybe they shouldn't drink and if thats their attitude maybe they shouldn't be wearing a uniform. Boomerproud 50 min ago #33
This was the most awful thing he said, imo: intheflow 2 hrs ago #30
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