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IronLionZion

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3. Companies that make missiles love this plan

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Sun May 24, 2026, 12:30 PM

7 hrs ago

because that used up ammo needs to be replenished. US has to buy more missiles. Countries all over the Middle East are going to need more interceptor missiles.

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Trump "... started a war without a plan, wasted billions of dollars in equipment, failed to prepare obvious targets [View all] riversedge 9 hrs ago OP

this man bankrupted many companies - who's only capable of stealing from what's already there samsingh 9 hrs ago #1

Trump fired all the experts and appointed toadies and yes-men. They all supported his cockamamie "plan" to Martin68 6 hrs ago #7

Mostly Correct ProfessorGAC 5 hrs ago #14

Perhaps you missed the quotation marks I put around the word "plan," indicating it was not truly a plan at all. Martin68 4 hrs ago #16

Either Way... ProfessorGAC 4 hrs ago #17

The original article, from Atlantic: Ocelot II 9 hrs ago #2

Well worth the read. Amaryllis 6 hrs ago #10

Companies that make missiles love this plan IronLionZion 7 hrs ago #3

And they're also going to need new drones... Justice matters. 6 hrs ago #8

It may be easier to have Treasury hand them suitcases full of cash IronLionZion 5 hrs ago #15

Loser.....Again BeneteauBum 7 hrs ago #4

I am wondering whether it is a failure or intentional. wnylib 6 hrs ago #9

I've considered the same. BeneteauBum 5 hrs ago #13

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Total U.S. surrender. Donny, "you will get so sick of winning all the time that you will beg me to stop winning. Botany 7 hrs ago #6

We need to consider the plight of the Iranian people gulliver 6 hrs ago #11

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And it was all just to pad Fox News slop content. Initech 2 hrs ago #19

Pretty good assessment. GoodRaisin 2 hrs ago #20