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Dunc

(298 posts)
Mon Mar 30, 2026, 05:43 AM 4 hrs ago

It will be over in a few weeks, now maybe in a few months.

I’m very worried for our people. That they will carry this burden alone. I doubt that our greatest ally will participate in any ground offensive even after they started this war.
I am referring to prior wars in that our greatest ally did not provide any ground troops. Such as the Gulf War or the invasion of Iraq 2003.
I think of the young Grunts in the M.E.U. Or in the 82nd and i love them all each and every one of them. I am frightened for what they will face in the coming weeks or months or possibly for years.


https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/29/pentagon-readies-for-weeks-of-us-ground-operations-in-iran-report

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It will be over in a few weeks, now maybe in a few months. (Original Post) Dunc 4 hrs ago OP
Who is our greatest ally? mgardener 3 hrs ago #1
Merrick Garland or Musk Tetrachloride 2 hrs ago #4
Few years.... Pachamama 3 hrs ago #2
Between this report, and Friday's RFU report about Iran's hardened, niyad 3 hrs ago #3
It will be over in a few weeks, now maybe in a few months. Oh wait, this isn't Orrex. twodogsbarking 2 hrs ago #5
Greatest ally mentioned twice ABC123Easy 2 hrs ago #6
God. The Demiurge, or maybe even .... Satan. haele 1 hr ago #8
Lil'Kim! ABC123Easy 1 hr ago #9
Yup. IMPEACH this monster. Joinfortmill 1 hr ago #7

mgardener

(2,355 posts)
1. Who is our greatest ally?
Mon Mar 30, 2026, 06:45 AM
3 hrs ago

We supposedly entered the war with Israel.
We give them 3.8 billions dollars of military aid each year.

Why would any country commit to the war in Iran?
They weren't consulted, asked .

Trump broke something and wants others to clean up his mess.

Republicans are moral cowards.
They own this.
They need to clean it up and Impeach Trump.

niyad

(132,337 posts)
3. Between this report, and Friday's RFU report about Iran's hardened,
Mon Mar 30, 2026, 07:06 AM
3 hrs ago

underground missile complexes, and the help they are getting from NK, this is a bloody nightmare.

twodogsbarking

(18,761 posts)
5. It will be over in a few weeks, now maybe in a few months. Oh wait, this isn't Orrex.
Mon Mar 30, 2026, 07:36 AM
2 hrs ago

Never mind.

ABC123Easy

(277 posts)
6. Greatest ally mentioned twice
Mon Mar 30, 2026, 08:08 AM
2 hrs ago

Who is this? Surely not Israel, who actually started the war with Dolt45.

haele

(15,389 posts)
8. God. The Demiurge, or maybe even .... Satan.
Mon Mar 30, 2026, 09:05 AM
1 hr ago

He's probably actually talking about the Prince, Bibi, Putin or even Li'l Kim and his niece as his allies.
Certainly not any of the traditional allies of the United States.

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