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intheflow

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4. General is fine with bombing Iran, tho.

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Fri Apr 3, 2026, 07:45 AM

Yesterday

At least he’s not racist, I guess?

Edited to add: reading other threads suggest it probably was due to refusing to participate in further illegal war crimes he was being asked to do. Whatever it was, Kegseth is an ass.

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Profiles in courage. Irish_Dem Yesterday #1

Indeed BlueWaveNeverEnd 23 hrs ago #20

News flash! Racist misogynistic scumbag does something racist and misogynistic. Ray Bruns Yesterday #2

Purging the military during dangerous times is so fucking stupid. Swede Yesterday #3

Lets just make sure real historians write the history MadameButterfly 22 hrs ago #22

General is fine with bombing Iran, tho. intheflow Yesterday #4

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So it begins orangecrush Yesterday #6

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I'm referring to military officers standing up to Trump orangecrush 23 hrs ago #19

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Uh Oh. Sounds like someone else just got fired. JohnnyRingo Yesterday #8

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