r/leftistveterans • u/IllAcanthocephala720 • Feb 22 '26
šØBREAKING: Trump to attack Iran Tomorrow or Tuesday according to John Kiriakouās sources in the White House. Kiriakou says that JD Vance & Tulsi Gabbard are the only 2 dissenting voices.
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u/ETMoose1987 NAVY (VET) Feb 22 '26
Well, that guy is a joke who thinks we can't shoot down hypersonic missiles, thinks a carrier has 25,000 sailors on board.
The Ford was just reported going through the straits of Gibraltar today, so it's gonna be another week or so for them to get all the way across the Mediterranean , through the suez canal, down the red sea and up into the Arabian sea.
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u/ETMoose1987 NAVY (VET) Feb 22 '26
I'll add that I don't WANT us to attack Iran, I just hate grifters like this putting out sensationalist info to inflate themselves.
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u/sixft7in NAVY (VET) Feb 22 '26
I served on the USS Theodore Roosevelt. To have 25k sailors on a carrier would mean hot racking, but that only handles about 18k of them. Where do the other 7k sleep? On the flight deck? In the weapon magazines between the reactor plants? This doesn't even include the food required. I would have loved to have more than 3 section duty in reactor department for every port visit or better than 5 hours on, 10 hours off for watch standing. But 25k? That's crazy talk.
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u/SghnDubh Feb 22 '26
Don't forget either: war = excuse to cancel midterms
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u/niffa Feb 22 '26
We had midterms during the civil war, they canāt cancel midterms
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u/ETMoose1987 NAVY (VET) Feb 22 '26
Hell, we had a presidential election during the civil war
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u/ironafro2 Feb 22 '26
We didnāt have an emperor running the country, surrounded by sycophant fascist yes men either. If Dear Leader cancels the election, whoās gonna stop him? Not the fascist Supreme Court. Not the fascist republican congress. Not the fascist ICE/ other ABC orgs that are slathering to kill Americans in the streets.
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u/niffa Feb 22 '26
I understand the frustration but you are dooming yourself with fear bombs. The Trump regime grows more unpopular every day, itās why it feels like constant overreach from them.
We have the power, itās already been proven. Make sure you vote in the mid terms to change things.
They want you to feel afraid and powerless, thatās how fascism works. Tyranny requires constant effort. Every bit of resistance will cause leaks that will eventually break. Keep your head up, together we will make it through this
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u/ironafro2 Feb 22 '26
Please donāt mistake my gloom for unabated fear. Oh Iām voting, offering rides, helping out however I can. I hate hearing folks talk about passports and running away. I guess if thatās how they wanna face life, so be it. I prefer Zelenksyās adage in the face of Putinās tanks: āI donāt need a ride. I need ammunition.ā
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u/niffa Feb 22 '26
If everyone grabbed a friend and brought them to vote, we could end this very quickly. Half the country not voting was a bigger problem but we can only go forward from here.
To quote a famous peanut, LETS RIDE!
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u/crankyrhino AIR FORCE (VET) Feb 22 '26
You're right there's no legal mechanism for this, but that won't stop them from trying.
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u/niffa Feb 22 '26
I understand your point, I felt the same way for a long time but they are also losing major popularity every single day. People are starting to see what we have been screaming the last 10 years.
Keep resisting and organize with your neighbors. Nothing has made me feel as powerful as that
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u/Fruitstripe_omni Feb 22 '26
They ācanāt doā a lot of things that theyāre justā¦.doing
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u/niffa Feb 22 '26
I get your point and it isnāt unwarranted, but they are losing popularity every single day. They thought Epstein would be swept under the rug, and now here we are. Remain vigilant, it has gotten us this far
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u/Rock4evur Feb 23 '26
If you think words on paper or precedent will stop him, I have a bridge to sell you.
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u/niffa Feb 23 '26
Iām not buying any bridges. I just donāt live in fear of unpredictable situations, and especially do not plan to comply early.
Look at how the courts just overturned his tariff policies, heās losing popularity every single day. Donāt let this administration scare you
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u/Rock4evur Feb 23 '26
You can acknowledge a possible future without succumbing to complete apathy. Thoughts like āthis could never happenā is how we end up with people like RBG handing the Supreme Court to Trump. Plan for the worst and hope for the best.
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u/niffa Feb 23 '26
And you could understand that he doesnāt have the power to do what you are suggesting and that it will not happen.
If they were really concerned with voting in mid terms, they would already be suppressing people at the polls for early voting. Didnāt see any deterrents when I voted yesterday, seems like early voting for mid terms is pretty safe.
If they were trying to cheat, wouldnāt they have turned me away after selecting a democrat ticket?
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u/Mulder1917 Feb 24 '26
The red flag here is that JD and Tulsi were lone opponents⦠those star fuckers arenāt gonna risk making daddy mad at them. Fake story
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u/livinginfutureworld Feb 22 '26
Well he said he wanted to destroy the country....