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Hegseth says more forces arriving in Middle East, US will take all the time it needs against Iran: Speaking from the Pentagon's briefing room, Hegseth also said more forces will soon arrive in the region. He added that the U.S. will take all the time we need to make sure that we succeed.
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Escalation (Original Post)
bigtree
7 hrs ago
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Kid Berwyn
(24,006 posts)1. Like bankruptcy.
Slowly at first, then all at once: World War III.
wnylib
(25,638 posts)2. Mission creep. But was there a defined mission in the first place?
Firestorm49
(4,533 posts)3. "Rank" amateurs. (Pun intended)
Ping Tung
(4,349 posts)4. "Only the dead have seen the end of war." Plato or George Santayana
leftstreet
(40,000 posts)5. DURec