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To: RandFan

Caesar has acted and no one will stop him. Some freepers will cheer because they’ve joined the cult of personality, think Trump can do no wrong, and approve of the current target of opportunity.

They are forgetting that military operations can go wrong, and then a quick surgical strike becomes an escalating commitment. Some buy-in by Congress and the public is important.

They are also forgetting that the other side wins elections too, and Caesar will be (D)ifferent.

I thought we were the party that still at least pretended to take the rule of law, the constitution, and checks and balances seriously.


16 posted on 01/03/2026 4:26:07 AM PST by sphinx
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To: sphinx

A message to CivNats:

Lead, follow, or get the hell out of the way.


26 posted on 01/03/2026 4:33:19 AM PST by TTFlyer (Lenin: that by the infliction of terror, a well-organized minority can conquer a nation.)
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To: sphinx
"Some freepers will cheer because they’ve joined the cult of personality"

Not this one. I'm not young and gullible enough for that, but I am quietly celebrating this win with a feeling of well-being.
36 posted on 01/03/2026 4:43:00 AM PST by equaviator (Nobody's perfect. That's why they put pencils on erasers!)
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To: sphinx
I thought we were the party that still at least pretended to take the rule of law, the constitution, and checks and balances seriously.

Monroe Doctrine.

42 posted on 01/03/2026 4:48:11 AM PST by no-to-illegals (The enemy has US surrounded. May God have mercy on them.)
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To: sphinx

You’re an idiot.


44 posted on 01/03/2026 4:49:31 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn... )
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To: sphinx

“Some freepers will cheer because they’ve joined the cult of personality,”

And some FReepers will cheer because they hate what drugs are doing to our country.

“They are forgetting that military operations can go wrong”

Really? Two words for you: “Afghanistan” “withdrawal”.

“They are also forgetting that the other side wins elections too,”

Uh ... Yeah ... That already happened. Do you think we’ve forgotten the dictatorship of 2021-2025?

You’re a whining little cretin. Maybe you can look in your medicine cabinet and find some ButtHurt Salve.


57 posted on 01/03/2026 5:08:39 AM PST by MayflowerMadam ( "Trouble knocked at the door, but, hearing laughter, hurried away". - B. Franklin)
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To: sphinx

“Caesar has acted “

I agree with you. This is not what I voted for.

They all tell you one thing when campaigning and do another when elected.


60 posted on 01/03/2026 5:11:29 AM PST by xenia (In a Time of Universal Deceit — Telling the Truth Is a Revolutionary Act - George Orwell)
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To: sphinx
Caesar has acted and no one will stop him.

Good! I want him to take out the ayatollah as well. Hope it gives you butthurt.

71 posted on 01/03/2026 5:26:54 AM PST by Sirius Lee ("Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.)
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To: sphinx

You and Rand Fan should get a room and do butt stuff.


96 posted on 01/03/2026 6:08:27 AM PST by Wilderness Conservative (Nature is the ultimate conservative)
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To: sphinx
I thought we were the party that still at least pretended to take the rule of law, the constitution, and checks and balances seriously.

As the Democrats have repeatedly shown us, this is a sucker's game, used only to manipulate the rubes. They don't work that way. Neither can we.

Yes, everybody will hate it when we all play by the same "rules".

The system we imagined we once had, is long gone and it is not coming back. The real system we have is reaching end-of-life crisis and it is still unclear what the replacement system will be. But "being nice to Democrats so when they win the next election, they will be nice to us" is not going to work.

This "War for Oil" thing in Venezuela had better succeed. And we need to expel Russian and Chinese influence there. Knocking out a production and distribution center for fentanyl and other addictive drugs is a huge bonus that is good for selling the deal to the American public. It is not the only reason we are doing this.

107 posted on 01/03/2026 6:25:58 AM PST by flamberge (The times, they are a' changing.)
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To: sphinx

From what I understand, this was legal. There was a $50 million bounty on Maduro’s head. He was an illegal dictator. Explosions occurred to distract while a suspected criminal was arrested. There was no attack. No war. It was a police action.

I don’t have to be a cult of anything to support a legit action.


116 posted on 01/03/2026 6:55:43 AM PST by Lee'sGhost ("Just look at the flowers, Lizzie. Just look at the flowers.")
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To: sphinx

Nice summary, BTW.


117 posted on 01/03/2026 6:56:04 AM PST by Lee'sGhost ("Just look at the flowers, Lizzie. Just look at the flowers.")
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To: sphinx
The president needs Congress to declare war against another nation. The president does not need the authorization of Congress to protect this nation from an external enemy of this nation. Trump is not Ceasar, and his supporters of which I prod proclaim to be among them, are not supportive of him as a result of some cult worship.

But you have apparently been sufficietly brainwashed to believe that nonsense ytou spew forth like unwanted vomit.

132 posted on 01/03/2026 8:04:39 AM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: sphinx
I thought we were the party that still at least pretended to take the rule of law, the constitution, and checks and balances seriously.

The Constitution says the president commends the troops and Congress funds the military.

In this regard we are still following the Constitution.

If you don't like the current president's extraction of the indicted "president" of Venezuela then you should call your congressman and have him/her/it vote to defund the operation.

Good luck.

137 posted on 01/03/2026 8:37:36 AM PST by FreeReign
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