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40. exactly

Reply to yardwork (Reply #15)

Tue Mar 17, 2026, 02:13 PM

Mar 17

...but don't let that distract from his key assertion that there 'was no imminent threat' from Iran, which goes to the heart of Trump and his goons' justifications for the war.

And while Kent didn't have an actual operational role in the invasion, his intel branch is a 9-11 legacy which correlates ALL of the intelligence from myriad agencies, and as head, he'd have access to information that would allow him to make an informed assessment - and, if that's the actual case here, his charges are at least plausible.

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close, very good bigtree Mar 17 #28

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