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Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, repeatedly warned Trump that Iran would likely disrupt the Strait of Hormuz in response to a U.S. attack, according to a new report in the Wall Street Journal.

Trump, 79, told his administration that he thought Iran would capitulate to the U.S. before it closed the Strait, adding that even if the Strait was threatened, the U.S. military could handle it.

  • FudgyMcTubbs@lemmy.world
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    Woah … Hitler doesnt get to have redeeming qualities. Im serious – nothing about Hitler is a brightside.

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      Trump’s Humiliating War Miscalculation Exposed

      and Trump not going to Vietnam is a good thing: if only more Americans got out of going.

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        I stood up in front of a draft board in my ultra-conservative home town and told them why I was a conscientious objector. They asked me some tough questions, I answered them as best I could, and they gave me CO status.

        No lying was needed. Trump didn’t have the guts to stand up and say he opposed the war. He didn’t have the guts to leave the country. He just didn’t want to go fight himself, because he was (and is) a fucking coward.

        But it ain’t me. I ain’t no millionaire’s son. And if that draft board had decided the other way, I’d probably have ended up raising alpacas in British Columbia like some of my friends did.

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        I don’t blame any one for avoiding that abomination of a war. Anyone who resisted it in any way was doing their patriotic duty.

        What I have a problem with, are those who avoided service themselves, only to grow up to launch wars to send the next generation to war.

        Chicken Hawks are the lowest form of politician.

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      Bad people can have good qualities just like good people can have bad qualities, failing to aknowledge this is failing to know your enemy.

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          He’s a good showman, its basically the cornerstone of his current success, he may not appeal to you or me but he has that used car salesman, carny barker style energy that really appeals to a certain kind of person.