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LakeVermilion

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2. After 10 days of bombing and destroying Iran,

Reply to vanessa_ca (Original post)

Wed Mar 11, 2026, 02:00 AM

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Senator Graham has thought about the long term consequences of the military actions. He should have considered some of this while he was cheerleading for the war.

The Iranian people may eventually control their country, but I don't think that the United States will be getting the same deal that Venezuela gave Krasnov. Some Iranians want a secular country, but the damage we've done will turn them against us for generations.

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