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Barry Markson

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30. Pearl Harbor Bombed......

Fri Feb 2, 2024, 10:38 PM

Feb 2024

But the United States didn't bomb Yakushima.

No, we firebombed Tokyo and nuked Nakasaki and Hiroshima!

Go to the fucking source of the problem! (pardon my French)

Barry Goldwater said when running against LBJ, if you're going to justify a war then use everything in our arsenal, including tactical nukes, as necessary.
He was vilified, but he was right as far as I was concerned.
No pussyfooting around, if our interests are rightous then do it.

70,000 kia and how many lives ruined

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Breaking: Air strikes in Iraq and Syria [View all] nolabear Feb 2024 OP

Get 'em. BootinUp Feb 2024 #1

Yes, absolutely!! beaglelover Feb 2024 #2

And in to another war we go. NT thatdemguy Feb 2024 #3

Three Americans dead. jimfields33 Feb 2024 #4

Post removed Post removed Feb 2024 #9

Your isolationist approach isn't the way to go either. BannonsLiver Feb 2024 #12

I'd prefer we do both TexasDem69 Feb 2024 #13

Did you make a wrong turn? mcar Feb 2024 #14

No, and the last I heard the Democratic party was the anti war party. thatdemguy Feb 2024 #15

It's a big tent so you're going to have differing viewpoints. BannonsLiver Feb 2024 #16

Being "antiwar" doesn't imply... Happy Hoosier Feb 2024 #17

No, the Democratic Party is the "SANE" Party maxrandb Feb 2024 #18

The Democratic Party was never anti war, we're useless anti war, MarineCombatEngineer Feb 2024 #19

FDR and Truman waged total war and won WW2 NickB79 Feb 2024 #25

Armed response is sometimes a necessity. paleotn Feb 2024 #27

They literally keep shooting missiles and drones at us Calculating Feb 2024 #29

So terror groups kill US personnel and you think we should do what? Stern note? EX500rider Feb 2024 #6

Doubtful. Short operations with pre-set definitions of success ratios. Torchlight Feb 2024 #8

This is not "another war". honest.abe Feb 2024 #10

If anyone started another war, it's the guys who bombed a US military base NickB79 Feb 2024 #11

My son worked on a BONE line... ammo trooper WarGamer Feb 2024 #5

I had to do a search to figure out "BONE line" Hermit-The-Prog Feb 2024 #21

Love that bird... and the kids who work on them love them too. WarGamer Feb 2024 #22

The BONE is a beautiful aircraft and quite capable to this day. MarineCombatEngineer Feb 2024 #26

For those that don't know what you and I are talking about... WarGamer Feb 2024 #33

It's about time now go after military installations inside Iran. ArnoldLayne Feb 2024 #7

Here we go again. Another wargasm. ALL of the networks are in on it. The MIC is happy. madinmaryland Feb 2024 #20

What do suggest as a reply to dead US military personnel? EX500rider Feb 2024 #23

This message was self-deleted by its author BannonsLiver Feb 2024 #24

Pearl Harbor bombed....... paleotn Feb 2024 #28

Pearl Harbor Bombed...... Barry Markson Feb 2024 #30

That's more than a little extreme in this case and a bad analogy. paleotn Feb 2024 #31

Rational and measured is what lead us into the disasters of Barry Markson Feb 2024 #32

Just a suggestion BootinUp Feb 2024 #34

Ok, point out the errors in my thinking. Barry Markson Feb 2024 #35

I decided not to do that, but to encourage BootinUp Feb 2024 #36

Eisenhower had actual objectives and a vision of what victory meant TheKentuckian Feb 2024 #37

Eisenhower warned us. Barry Markson Feb 2024 #38