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muriel_volestrangler

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6. about 2000 miles from the "war zone"

Reply to EX500rider (Reply #5)

Wed Mar 4, 2026, 03:57 PM

21 hrs ago

But don't let the Trump regime hear you say "war zone" - it's not a "war", so that they don't have to consult Congress. But since it's not a "war", they shouldn't be killing people 2000 miles away. "Too close" is a fuzzy concept for something that I bet you can't yourself locate to within 300km.

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Was it headed back to the war zone? EX500rider 22 hrs ago #5

about 2000 miles from the "war zone" muriel_volestrangler 21 hrs ago #6

And where exactly in the Arabian sea is the US carrier Abraham Lincoln right now? EX500rider 21 hrs ago #7

That's my point - neither you nor I can locate it to within 300km muriel_volestrangler 20 hrs ago #9

The carrier groups in the Arabian Sea and that's where the Iranian vessel was headed EX500rider 20 hrs ago #10

But it's not war. "Sea" here means a million and a half square miles muriel_volestrangler 20 hrs ago #11

"if you're advocating killing anyone in the Iranian military that you can" EX500rider 19 hrs ago #12