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Remarks by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth at the Reagan National Defense Forum
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greatauntoftriplets
(178,945 posts)The last two lines of the great movie The Bridge Over the River Kwai. That line has stayed with me from the time I first saw the movie as a kid.
FakeNoose
(41,477 posts)That's no longer a given in 2026 ... the good guys don't seem to be winning much these days.
OverBurn
(1,292 posts)Rightfully so. Tariffs, bombing girl's schools, in effect shutting down hospitals in Cuba and starving the population.
It's really sickening. I never thought I would be not be on "our" side.
Old Crank
(7,004 posts)usonian
(25,082 posts)6:30 AM
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/385521-trump-we-dont-want-to-be-the-policemen-of-the-world/
We more and more are not wanting to be the policemen of the world, Trump said during a joint press conference with Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari.
Were spending tremendous amounts of money for decades policing the world, and that shouldnt be the priority, he said.
Trump ran on the promise that he would extricate the U.S. from foreign wars.







FakeNoose
(41,477 posts)... Chump will post ANY opinion that his wealthy backers want him to post. It doesn't have to make sense, nor does it need to agree with anything else he has posted. It's the opinion that matters RIGHT NOW, because somebody benefits from it. Presumably ... it's somebody very wealthy.
There's no guarantee that tomorrow's tweet will be consistent with today's, or yesterday's. He can't remember what he tweeted yesterday anyway.
nuxvomica
(14,077 posts)"This neo-Reaganite attitude led us to fritter away our soldiers' lives..." Did he mean to criticize Reagan or does he not know that "neo" means "the new form of" as in "neo-fascist", like him.
BumRushDaShow
(169,291 posts)jfz9580m
(17,155 posts)Is this a new thing? Criticizing Reagan? I support it!
BeneteauBum
(446 posts)Just insane!
Peace ☮️
twodogsbarking
(18,668 posts)progressoid
(53,125 posts)More numbers pulled out of Trump's ass.