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Dan

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3. I am very curious, and I have been hearing this a lot....
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 10:08 PM
Tuesday

Could someone explain to me - the threat that Iran poses to me? Not the threat that it poses to Israel (cause honestly, I don’t care), but to the U.S.?

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So, boots on the ground [View all] Aviation Pro Tuesday OP
that's what I say too Skittles Tuesday #1
Post removed Post removed Tuesday #2
I am very curious, and I have been hearing this a lot.... Dan Tuesday #3
Iran has killed Americans for 40 years. They are religious nutcases Melon Tuesday #4
Yep, well we do live in a glass house. Dan Tuesday #6
Iranians kill Americans through their proxies Aviation Pro Tuesday #7
I'm sure that's what countries choie Tuesday #8
It didn't stop the chants of death to America. It didn't Melon Tuesday #10
Trump and those he has surrounded himself with are corrup and incompetent and I suspect their motivations are less than CentralMass Tuesday #12
That's fine. I don't support Trump. Melon Tuesday #14
This administration would f'k up a wet dream. . Kash Patel just aleddgedly fired CentralMass Tuesday #16
👍 agreed. But we are in action so carry it through. Melon Tuesday #18
It's not a legal war. TommyT139 Yesterday #39
This is complete utter garbage fujiyamasan Yesterday #22
I'll go watch Fetterman..my preference is not to be Melon Yesterday #24
You may be in the wrong site to be honest fujiyamasan Yesterday #26
I support finishing the job in Iran. Melon Yesterday #28
Do you know that Iran is almost 4 times the size of Iraq? Eko Yesterday #42
Off topic, but your keyboard seems to be on the fritz. summer_in_TX Yesterday #27
I see that and I apologize. Melon Yesterday #30
Np summer_in_TX Yesterday #33
lol you support action directed by Hegseth SamuelTheThird Yesterday #29
Too old...and fucked up at this point. Melon Yesterday #34
So you didn't actually address most of what I typed SamuelTheThird Yesterday #35
I think it will make our country and friend region safer Melon Yesterday #36
Again, didn't address what I typed SamuelTheThird Yesterday #38
You come from a military family? Send your kids or grandkids fujiyamasan Yesterday #40
Oh brother choie 6 hrs ago #44
Whatever. N Korea has killed more Americans than Iran. N Korea HAS the bomb. N Korea HAS an ICBM Cheezoholic Tuesday #13
So...you are wrong. Melon Tuesday #17
" doesn't have a religious mandate to kill Americans. " Intractable Tuesday #19
Then have Bone Saw and his corrupt fucks finish it, leave our kids out of it. The uraniums in the wild by now anyway n/t Cheezoholic Tuesday #21
So this gives trump the right to kill Iran's civilians? C'Mon, you KNOW this isn't about what your speak of. C Moon Yesterday #43
And Epstein. choie 6 hrs ago #45
Illegally at war. choie Tuesday #9
There is no "end it for good" Tesha Tuesday #11
Wait, so you support the war if the goal is to end the KPN Tuesday #20
I'm sure enraging millions of Shia Muslims will make us so much safer. I feel safer already, do you? Blues Heron Yesterday #31
WE are the threat. /nt artemisia1 Yesterday #41
Send ICE first. All of them. usonian Tuesday #5
Works for me. KPN Tuesday #15
Why spare him? Although I have already seen explanations for why he niyad Yesterday #23
Good to hear this *before* the Senate vote Tasmanian Devil Yesterday #25
They won't go. ChicagoTeamster Yesterday #32
Remote controlled explosives Charmin One Yesterday #37
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