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Sandra's avatar

As a history major I studied US History and can’t believe I’m living it 40 years later. Thank you for your excellent commentary.

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Mary's avatar

No one has been commenting on the cost!!!!!

How much to fly those bombers, the refueling planes, the 135 extra aircraft, the submarines and 20,000 tomahawk missles, the aircraft carriers and ships, the decoys that flew towards Hawaii!!!!

How much is it for the needless show that we’re going to pass down to our kids and grandkids???

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Allen B from MD's avatar

One estimate was a quarter of a billion dollars. Gee, I wonder how many veterans could be helped at the VA with this? I wonder how much progress in cancer research could have been made with this? Instead we act as Bibi's dumb muscle so he can keep up his aggression on Palestinians. BTW, where is Steve Witkoff? Back-dooring it with Putin?

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Punkette's avatar

The 14 bunker-busting bombs cost American taxpayers a total of $7 BILLION ($500 million per bomb). So we can start from there.

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Elena Freshman Schumann's avatar

You cannot assume that the information without backup that is posted on the internet by anyone is true. I have asked for backup of this allegation. I will look it up myself to determine if it is credible, I suggest you do the same.

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Melissa's avatar

Why don't you RESEARCH before you WARN others who know how to & DO RESEARCH??

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MargaretPaci's avatar

Olivia, it takes a person of consciousness to own up to being wrong. You are a strong capable woman. We all have a certain mindset, but when things become clear to us, you move on. We separate ourselves from those who do wrong to the American people. You should be proud, you chose a different path at a cost to you. Strength to you.

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dothetaonow's avatar

But you’re right- there will be a traumatic event that they’ll manufacture and blame on an outside entity- that’s the fascist playbook

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Julie's avatar

I saw a video from Anonymous (I think they’re the hacker group) that claims one is in the works. The old false flag trick. I’m sure people will fall for it and that will be the trigger for his martial law proclamation. Im becoming convinced there’s only one thing that will get us out of this and I think everyone can guess what it is.

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Debra's avatar

Exactly what anonymous just said.

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TLD's avatar

He’s not wrong. This is exactly what the dick-tater in chief is setting up to do. Hope all those that didn’t vote in your last election are happy. They will never get the opportunity to vote this madman out if this lunatic has his way.

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STOP's avatar

If there’s talk of martial law HE better figure out what martial law is He will be one of the first to be arrested! He’s opening a bottle he can’t control !

Martial law removes Trump from White House ! There’s a lot more to it than that !

But let him think he’s got an upper hand !

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STOP's avatar

Read what Martial law is in America !

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David J. Brown Ph.D. (cantab.)'s avatar

Thank you for continuing to share your thoughts, and your experience from having been in the room on Mike Pence's staff during that time.

Great conversation with Wajahat Ali this morning.

It's such a pleasure to hear *articulate* conversation in the midst of a rather broad shouting match arising from *certain* persons in our contemporary landscape.

With my sincere appreciation,

-d

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Al Draycott's avatar

Thank you Olivia. You are a beautiful person. The ability to change with the times is a wonderful attribute. Your past is what led you into the present. I understand the Supreme Court has oked Trumps deportations of immigrants without due process to any country. I was thinking about Trumps and his asinine actions, but then again he is just a stooge for the Heritage Foundation to keep us all occupied with his chaos as they keep driving Project 2025 ahead to the destruction of the country. When the foundation is tired of Trump and they will kick him to the curb and replace him with JD Vance, the despot Peter Theil bankrolled .

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Melissa's avatar

Which is so Unconstitutional it's Insane! Can you imagine bring kidnapped of the street by these vicious thugs & then immediately being sent to Sudan or somewhere worse without being given proper vaccinations or malaria treatment or anything else that is needed for the area your abandoned in & you can't even speak or understand the language being spoken?

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Allen B from MD's avatar

He gave them two weeks, but as we already know, donnie always drops his load early. Just ask Stormy...

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Mary's avatar

He gets his advice from Miriam Adelson, along with a little tip !!!

“Here’s a hundred million, annex the West Bank”

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Kat Lo's avatar

Great discussion. Thank you for the analysis and truth.

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Jonathan Brownson's avatar

There is no such thing as a "war to end all wars". We learned that in WWI.

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Sue Henger's avatar

Just what I’ve been seeing and saying.

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Irfan A Khan's avatar

As soon as trump declares marshall law, his own people will assassinate him. Vance will be the all powerful president, but trump is the one who will be hated forever.

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STOP's avatar

Irfan Your close to right There is no all powerful president !

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Elena Freshman Schumann's avatar

Again, do not say that there is a seven billion dollar strike against Iran unless you can back it up. If you have a cite from a credible source about these alleged seven billion dollars, then tell me it. I hate when people exaggerate, but maybe you are not doing this, so tell me where you got the info, I will look it up myself and then let you know what I have found out. I am not saying that the strike was the correct thing to do, I am just saying that if you state things that are not true you loose your credibility.

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Olivia of Troye's avatar

Okay here you go. Fox News might be credible for you in terms of the cost of each bomber, the cost of the bombs, and then there’s the cost of logistics etc. Let’s start there.

https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/americas-2-1b-stealth-bombers-deliver-monumental-blow-largest-ever-strike.amp

Perhaps there will be an internal assessment or investigation into the whole effort at the Department of Defense. Oh. Wait. Trump fired the inspectors general…

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Molly Malone's avatar

I filled the link. There is a quote “Estimates suggest those bombs cost upwards of $5 million each, The New York Times reported.

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dothetaonow's avatar

They can try to hold 340 million after their BUG leaves us with nothing but freedom to lose

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