Hegseth & My Lai Lt Calley have something in common - no rules of engagement.
06.03.2026 12:57 β π 15 π 6 π¬ 1 π 0@alexhh.bsky.social
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Hegseth & My Lai Lt Calley have something in common - no rules of engagement.
06.03.2026 12:57 β π 15 π 6 π¬ 1 π 0The Trump administration is doing more harm to America in months than the Iranian regime has managed to achieve in decades. Destroying the countryβs standing at home and abroad.
06.03.2026 13:12 β π 125 π 42 π¬ 11 π 1And they have the nerve to say that European civilization is at risk!
06.03.2026 12:59 β π 50 π 9 π¬ 8 π 0A bunch of puerile frat boys, getting off on killing people. I do not have the vocabulary to express my disgust for this.
06.03.2026 12:50 β π 235 π 68 π¬ 19 π 5I know. Itβs utterly bonkers. Cant. hypocrisy, pious nonsense.
06.03.2026 12:18 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 3 π 0Manic laughter seems appropriate. This is an asylum, after all!
06.03.2026 12:16 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0They have mad Mullahs. We have mad Christian evangelicals.
05.03.2026 23:54 β π 213 π 54 π¬ 20 π 2Celebrating Noems firing.
05.03.2026 23:08 β π 98 π 13 π¬ 2 π 1And still, so-called patriots queue up to condemn their own Prime Minister for refusing to join in with all thisβ¦
05.03.2026 22:45 β π 1102 π 288 π¬ 51 π 5If heβd overruled his Cabinet, heβd have been called a dictator, ignoring collective responsibility. If, as reported, he went along with his cabinet, theyβre now blaming him for being weak. Seriously, he canβt win.
05.03.2026 21:21 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0They have spent years screaming at Tony Blair for joining the US in Iraq and are now contorting themselves into knots to scream at Keir Starmer for not joining the US in Iran
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05.03.2026 20:21 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0One theologically obsessed regime fighting anotherβ¦..π€¦ββοΈ www.military.com/daily-news/2...
05.03.2026 20:13 β π 75 π 20 π¬ 8 π 0Itβs just like the regime in Iran! You remove one awful official, and another one pops up!!!! Trumpβs administration is a multi headed hydra π±
05.03.2026 20:11 β π 123 π 17 π¬ 7 π 0If Starmer ignored the law, right wing crowd would be baying heβs a warmonger. If he meekly followed Trump into a war which turned out badly, theyβd be decrying him as another Blairite poodle of the US. Theyβll never give him a fair shake, and in this case, heβs absolutely right to be cautious.
05.03.2026 20:09 β π 232 π 50 π¬ 7 π 0I wrestled with this article all day - an honest effort to assess the arguments in favour of the war, which I donβt entirely dismiss, and whether they outweigh the arguments against - on which my conclusion is no - largely because I donβt trust this adminβs motives, staying power or competence.
05.03.2026 14:36 β π 94 π 23 π¬ 7 π 0The ultimate irony is Trump asking Ukraine for support . www.politico.eu/article/dona...
05.03.2026 16:46 β π 121 π 49 π¬ 14 π 3I wrestled with this article all day - an honest effort to assess the arguments in favour of the war, which I donβt entirely dismiss, and whether they outweigh the arguments against - on which my conclusion is no - largely because I donβt trust this adminβs motives, staying power or competence.
05.03.2026 14:36 β π 94 π 23 π¬ 7 π 0Thank you π
05.03.2026 14:22 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Absolutely
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05.03.2026 13:22 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I shall pop round right now, your Maj.
05.03.2026 12:59 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Sgt. 1st Class Nicole Amor was just days away from returning home to her husband and two children when a drone strike in Kuwait killed her and five others.
04.03.2026 12:08 β π 1548 π 657 π¬ 124 π 89Yes, good advice!!!
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04.03.2026 01:10 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Excuse me - also other countries and their citizens. Itβs not always just about America and Americans!!!!
03.03.2026 21:52 β π 94 π 4 π¬ 2 π 0Is anyone surprised?
03.03.2026 21:51 β π 190 π 37 π¬ 13 π 2Absolutely
03.03.2026 21:50 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I particularly resent rags like Daily Mail gleefully reporting Trumpβs bullying of Starmer. Itβs disloyal and hypocritical - theyβd be screaming from rooftops if U.K. meekly followed European diktats, yet would have us unquestioningly kowtow to Trump. Starmerβs task is incredibly difficult.
03.03.2026 19:21 β π 611 π 147 π¬ 26 π 3
He's dammmed if he doesn't, and dammed if he does..
No luck and a right wing press.