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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago (15 children)

'Could' vs 'are'.

They may not have been, but they could if they wanted to, supposedly.

Now, if they didnt before, they certainly have the motivation and arguably the justification.

I certainly wouldn't blame them for seeking out nuclear weapons now.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Tulsi "Russian Asset" Gabbard? Who cares?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago

Desperate for her job I see.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Is Tulsi ever right about anything?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

i remember her trying to pander to the Bernie crowd after he "lost" the primaries in 2016. it was the first time I heard of her and some articles were treating it as if she was going to take Bernie's torch.

She was right when she was talking about Bernie's healthcare and socialism liteish, but it was more of a broken clock

so, she's a complete grifter, trying to get ahead without any principles.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

she's a ~~complete grifter~~ politician, trying to get ahead without any principles.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Extortion or payoffs.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Absolutely everything in Trumpworld takes “two weeks”

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago

Just like with Putin's stooges, the grovelling and the self humiliation is the point.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

Pretty sure they have been saying that for years.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 week ago (2 children)

We killed all their scientists who could make them and blew up all their labs...

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

plus about 400 people.

maybe the west should stop giving Iran more reasons to get nukes.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Iran's actions seem to stem more from their close relationship with the east. Most western allied states de-escelated or gave up nuclear capabilities, such as Ukraine.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (21 children)

Ukraine did it under the promise that US will protect them.

trump proved the world that relying on the US is a stupid ass idea and that nukes are more valuable than American promises

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

just one more intervention Bro, I swear, just one more regime change ans we will have peace in the middle east.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 week ago (2 children)

She is a shell of a human being whose only driving force is ambition and a complete lack of shame.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

When I look at her eyes in a photo or video, I see the kind of evil where as she squeezed the life out of a kitten she would not laugh, cry, or grit her teeth. She would just stare, then tilt her head like a curious alien or Labrador without blinking.

Please note that I am a fan of both dogs and space, so I am sending zero insults their direction in that comparison. It's like if I were to compare the number of times Trump shit his pants throughout his first term with the number of times my baby boy -- born right after the inauguration -- shit his pants over the same interval.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago

my theory is they they aren't "people".

they are mouthpieces of an institution. replaceable, and chosen for their bootlicking. if it wasn't her, they would have chosen another puppet. same thing with CEOs, corporate goons, and most politicians.

if they were honest and had actual beliefs they'll have extraordinary resistance, if they even get a chance to speak.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

If only they had colin powell to prop up this lie.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Human-animal hybrids could fly within weeks

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

fly?

I'm lucky if I get my dog to speak using my alchemy research grant, my daughter.... she's in... school right now.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

And nobody's called out the cultist toady on pivoting to whatever Trump wants to hear. Fuck the US media.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Only a matter of time before they fall in line. Weak ass Putin puppet.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Somebody dig up Colin Powell. This fuckwit is stealing his bit.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago
[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's remarkable how fast she changed her story to the one Trump wanted to hear.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

question who is the smartest invertebrate?

octopi, or conservatives?

Octopi can solve puzzles, but conservatives can imitate human words, both spineless.

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