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4. This Should Have Been Completed

Reply to Hope22 (Reply #3)

Wed Mar 18, 2026, 05:07 PM

Yesterday

Well before the start of this special operation. That it wasn't tells me Trump made this more on the spur of the moment. Though he did move the navy into place before hand but must have convinced himself that once the Iranian heads were removed, the operation would be over.

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