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PATRICK

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9. Two reasons

Reply to ananda (Reply #8)

Fri Feb 27, 2026, 12:27 AM

Feb 27

They don't have a deep bench for actual stupid war-making and the massive saber rattling is just to extort money from the Mideast for Trump. Dropping a lot of bombs for that would be a petulant war crime for nothing that concerns anyone else than the WH syndicate.

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