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69. "Let's return to the manly days when most soldiers died of disease!"

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Tue Apr 21, 2026, 07:43 PM

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Kegsbreath: We are discarding the mandatory flu vaccine requirement, effective immediately. [View all] demmiblue 13 hrs ago OP

AHHHHHHHHHHHHH! The stupid!!!! mymomwasright 13 hrs ago #1

A fucking moron. spanone 13 hrs ago #2

I guess that's why they want a mandatory draft. ananda 13 hrs ago #3

During the US Civil War, communicable dieseases diasbled and killed soldiers DBoon 13 hrs ago #4

Nothing compared to what the flu did in WWI. eppur_se_muova 13 hrs ago #12

In my family, a great aunt... Chemical Bill 9 hrs ago #66

The billionaires decide who live and die malaise 10 hrs ago #55

Pete Hog's Breath, "We are no longer going to believe in science." Botany 13 hrs ago #5

What's next? A return of calvary horses and cannon balls? AZ8theist 12 hrs ago #26

"We will only use the science of making Tomahawks to kill schoolgirls in their schools" Justice matters. 11 hrs ago #44

Ooooh, that'll show 'em won't it tough guy! RedWhiteBlueIsRacist 13 hrs ago #6

That way, when everyone gets sick, we won't have the manpower we need. Kid Berwyn 13 hrs ago #7

Geez! Spazito 13 hrs ago #8

He must be a big WW1 fan Renew Deal 13 hrs ago #9

You think he knows one effin thing about WW1? malaise 10 hrs ago #58

Why? maveric 13 hrs ago #10

At what point... purr-rat beauty 13 hrs ago #11

I would urge members of the military to resign. Norbert 13 hrs ago #13

That is only an option for officers InstantGratification 12 hrs ago #21

Ah yes, Hey Joe 12 hrs ago #14

I am legitimately convinced Fox News hates their customers. Initech 12 hrs ago #17

Your 200,000+ dead figure since 9/11 (so 25 years) in the US from mass shootings is vastly overstated. Celerity 11 hrs ago #43

Really? Why does it seem like it's much higher? Initech 10 hrs ago #60

the sheer horror of a mass shooting and the way the press goes full 'if it bleeds it leads' mode, perhaps Celerity 9 hrs ago #63

Yes, seems they are gleefully killing off their own Hey Joe 11 hrs ago #45

Oh, this will end badly. BradBo 12 hrs ago #15

Can we just discard the useless drunk psycho who is abusing his power? Initech 12 hrs ago #16

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And don't forget . . . AverageOldGuy 12 hrs ago #19

I had flu at age 22 perdita9 12 hrs ago #20

The flu is a bitch tonkatoy8888 10 hrs ago #57

First the draft, then taking unvaccinated personnel. llmart 12 hrs ago #22

This is too stupid to even comment on...what can you say? MiHale 12 hrs ago #23

Roman legions didn't have vaccines! dickthegrouch 12 hrs ago #24

Roman legions didn't have whiskey, either. JustABozoOnThisBus 11 hrs ago #47

If we knew the real truth about these SCUMBAGS bluestarone 12 hrs ago #25

Do they think it's just political? People living and working in close quarters, especially on ships don't get sick? ChicagoTeamster 12 hrs ago #27

The Spanish Flu of 1918 started with US army troops. Ocelot II 12 hrs ago #28

They called it the Spanish Flu but it started in Kansas. Influenza A is brutal, even when vaccinated. I can attest Deuxcents 10 hrs ago #54

I got Influenza A in 1968 in the Hong Kong flu pandemic. Ocelot II 9 hrs ago #65

I got it in 2018..was never so sick in my life..2 trips to urgent care, hospital and never heard of it before Deuxcents 9 hrs ago #67

My dad's cousin died from Spanish Flu in 1918 Norbert 10 hrs ago #62

My maternal grandmother died of the flu doubleplusgood 9 hrs ago #64

Gee what could go wrong with a bunch of people stuffed in tight quarters on a ship? kimbutgar 12 hrs ago #29

On any Navy ship you live and work in extremely close quarters. Tbear 12 hrs ago #30

Hegsbreath is risking MILITARY READINESS for a culture war stance. Captain Zero 12 hrs ago #31

Exactly. Military readiness is at stake. Redleg 10 hrs ago #59

Well, that's stupid. Solly Mack 12 hrs ago #32

I'm glad I no longer live near a base. Ilsa 12 hrs ago #33

Putin approves! Blues Heron 12 hrs ago #34

Exactly Renew Deal 10 hrs ago #53

This should turn out well 0rganism 12 hrs ago #35

"The war department".. blood thirsty fool BlueWaveNeverEnd 11 hrs ago #36

The next bio weapon will be the flu? BidenRocks 11 hrs ago #37

Well, Stephen King used it in The Stand... Wounded Bear 11 hrs ago #46

I see Rebl2 11 hrs ago #38

I have not had a flu vaccine!! RB77 11 hrs ago #39

God's Warfighters Are Bigger Than Viruses And Can Kill Them With Their Bare Hands dalton99a 11 hrs ago #40

Yarghghhh!!!! LymphocyteLover 11 hrs ago #42

this moron has to go LymphocyteLover 11 hrs ago #41

Seems to be following the game plan of Nikita Khrushchev. LiberalArkie 11 hrs ago #48

I'm guessing he knows shitnothing about the flu epidemic of 1918 that killed more US soldiers than combat did. ... marble falls 11 hrs ago #49

🙄... 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣🤣 QueerDuck 11 hrs ago #50

What more could our enemies ask for? rurallib 10 hrs ago #51

When I was in AIT at Ft. Dix the flu spread like wildfire in the barracks. Kingofalldems 10 hrs ago #52

Ah, yes. The kind of "freedom" that homeless people have to also starve. ColoringFool 10 hrs ago #56

Because nothing says troop unity like a barracks filled with sick soldiers. Vinca 10 hrs ago #61

MaddowBlog-Hegseth takes another step backward, scraps Pentagon policy on flu vaccines LetMyPeopleVote 6 hrs ago #68

"Let's return to the manly days when most soldiers died of disease!" struggle4progress 5 hrs ago #69

This policy gives aid and comfort to our enemies. BidenRocks 3 hrs ago #70

There's only one kind of shot Pete Hegseth likes, and it's 80 proof minimum. Efilroft Sul 2 hrs ago #71

Said the man whose religion is comfortable with the End Times. Baitball Blogger 2 hrs ago #72

Super stupid. moondust 2 hrs ago #73