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To: linedrive
Boots on the ground is the only way.

History tells us it's always been that way. It takes overwhelming public support to put our servicemembers in harm's way. Trump has burned too many bridges, he'll never reach the level of support needed.

Reprising "The Art of the Deal" is not the way to conduct foreign policy and dealing with Islamist regimes.

49 posted on 07/30/2026 12:10:05 PM PDT by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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To: Night Hides Not
History tells us [boots on the ground has] always been that way. It takes overwhelming public support to put our servicemembers in harm's way.

We nuked a country twice partly due to war fatigue.

60 posted on 07/30/2026 12:55:59 PM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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To: Night Hides Not

A hard lesson among many he has had to experience to fully appreciate the level of corruption (without and within) and that ethics/morality do not translate between cultures with equal measure.


70 posted on 07/30/2026 2:28:23 PM PDT by linedrive ( )
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