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republianmushroom

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19. What this War is about.

Reply to groundloop (Original post)

Sat Apr 4, 2026, 12:00 PM

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Trump says with more time, US can 'take the oil' in Iran [View all] groundloop Apr 4 OP

So that's the mission. C_U_L8R Apr 4 #1

Said the ignorant drunk at the end of the bar... Chasstev365 Apr 4 #2

He needs to shut his pie hole. Nt BootinUp Apr 4 #3

90,000,000 Iranians say "Fuck that!" Swede Apr 4 #4

There it is in plain view.............. Lovie777 Apr 4 #5

Grand Larceny is the billionaire's way /nt bucolic_frolic Apr 4 #6

Seize Iran's oil fields . . . AverageOldGuy Apr 4 #7

Iraq's oil was supposedly going to pay for Dubya's war. Norrrm Apr 4 #13

Imbecile AWOL Bush's crooked regime paved the way for republicans to install Mysterian Apr 4 #27

Two more weeks? Javaman Apr 4 #8

Trump isn't a president, he's a mob boss. sop Apr 4 #9

Always has been travelingthrulife Apr 4 #15

But if you steal one quart of oil at Walmart you get arrested. twodogsbarking Apr 4 #10

I find it more than a little alarming... GiqueCee Apr 4 #11

All it will take is more Iranian children dying and the lives of American "losers". Wonder Why Apr 4 #12

All about stealing their oil, as usual. travelingthrulife Apr 4 #14

I hope nobody here is surprised by this JoseBalow Apr 4 #16

MAGAts will be a-okay with that Bayard Apr 4 #17

You have to hand it to him: he's not even bothering with the idiotic, Aristus Apr 4 #18

What this War is about. republianmushroom Apr 4 #19

Fortune for who, exactly? tonekat Apr 4 #20

Just as most of us with more than two brain cells to rub together figured. mwmisses4289 Apr 4 #21

But I thought we weren't going to open up the Straights of Homuz Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 4 #22

Just like Iraq and Venezuela? IronLionZion Apr 4 #23

Everything Trump says is a lie. Martin68 Apr 4 #24

Sometimes Trump hits the truth by accident. Norrrm Apr 4 #34

I never thought I would be ruled by pirates!! Hope22 Apr 4 #25

the very idea an American president is ranting war plans on social fucking media Skittles Apr 4 #26

Sounds like something a convicted felon would say. Emile Apr 4 #28

Take the oil lapfog_1 Apr 4 #29

Wow just stealing crap. How did no one ever think of that? underpants Apr 4 #30

So we know, one, that's a lie. sakabatou Apr 4 #31

Openly bragging about stealing another country's assets. Irish_Dem Apr 4 #32

So his goal LilElf70 Apr 4 #33