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patphil

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2. Oh shit! Here we go, and only 2 weeks into the war.

Reply to spanone (Original post)

Fri Mar 13, 2026, 05:15 PM

Friday

I sure hope we don't do this, but it seems inevitable that there will be US boots on the ground in Iran.
It's gonna be a long hot summer for the republicans if we do this.
If our military is taking casualties in a land war this summer, the Democrats will take back both houses of Congress.

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