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allegorical oracle

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2. Agree with the General. Problem is that we may be underestimating Iran's
Sat Mar 21, 2026, 01:44 PM
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capabilities and our "boots on the ground" could become sitting ducks.

MS NOW, about 40 minutes ago, reported that Iran struck a US-British military base at Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean. My map revealed that a strike like that traveled about 2,400 miles, measured to the SE from the Strait of Hormuz.

Plus, how accurate is our intelligence insofar as weapons that may be provided to Iran by China and possibly Russia? Thanks to Doge, we've likely lost a ton of foreign intelligence knowledge -- and every country in the world knows that djt doesn't educate himself about anything.

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