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BurnDoubt

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13. I feel a lamp-post shortage coming on.

Reply to vanessa_ca (Original post)

Wed Mar 11, 2026, 12:44 AM

7 hrs ago

An homage to Hubris up and down Pennsylvania Avenue.
Or perhaps use Kraznov’s planned Coliseum for some “entertainment”, you know… Bread and Circuses… for the masses.
It’s sad, though, the Iranians actually thought they could trust the mis-administration.
They CAN be trusted… TO DO EVIL.
As my step-grandfather, the original Proto-MAGA, used to howl: "It’s a God Damned Put-Up Deal!”

This timeline is a real Puker.

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AloeVera

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Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff lacked the technical expertise to even understand what the Iranians were offering [View all] vanessa_ca 11 hrs ago OP

they have only one job, pump $$ into trump inc nt msongs 10 hrs ago #1

this is what happens when ONLY BOOTLICKERS NEED APPLY Skittles 10 hrs ago #2

Jared Kushner is sort of the godson of Netanyahu Walleye 10 hrs ago #3

Have you noticed Jared's eerie resemblance to Damian from The Omen? vanessa_ca 10 hrs ago #6

Now that you mention it... AloeVera 10 hrs ago #9

I think he looks like MorbidButterflyTat 8 hrs ago #12

Nepotism is what they thought DEI meant Johonny 10 hrs ago #4

They had one goal -- war on Iran. Expertise matters not at all to them. enough 10 hrs ago #5

Precisely -eom vanessa_ca 10 hrs ago #7

It was a set-up with the end pre-determined. Pure theater for the masses. AloeVera 10 hrs ago #8

I get the feeling they told Trump what he wanted to hear, or what they wanted him to hear. patphil 9 hrs ago #10

Iran's negotiators may have lacked the criminal expertise to get with the program. thought crime 9 hrs ago #11

I feel a lamp-post shortage coming on. BurnDoubt 7 hrs ago #13