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Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, repeatedly warned Trump that Iran would likely disrupt the Strait of Hormuz in response to a U.S. attack, according to a new report in the Wall Street Journal.

Trump, 79, told his administration that he thought Iran would capitulate to the U.S. before it closed the Strait, adding that even if the Strait was threatened, the U.S. military could handle it.

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    jfc what fucking president says “bombing the hell out of the shoreline”. This isn’t call of duty with your buddies dumbass

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    I’m hoping that the military leadership is starting to realize that they WILL have to forcefully remove Trump, if anything to protect the safety and security of the country. Also the PRIMARY purpose of the US Armed forces is:

    1. To support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign or domestic.

    Not one fucking word about protecting pedos or presidents.

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      Only an American would ever possibly hope for a military coup… I know you guys don’t have a lot of history, but if that happened, it would be much, much worse than Trump.

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      Remember, within the first month of this term, he fired all the 5-star generals and other military leadership who would have had the wherewithal to pull this off.

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        You say “fired all the five star generals”, I say “created new leadership opportunities for disgruntled veterans”.

        America is going to end up with two armies, one full of soldiers and one full of sycophants and idiots. Boy, this doesn’t sound familiar or anything, does it?

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      It would not be a difficult math problem nor a stretch to calculate and conclude that he is a domestic enemy.

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        It’s the same service as archive[.]today, more on the subject here (last paragraph of history section at the time of this comment). Short version: it’s unreliable and uses visitor traffic to attack other sites.

        I try not to make specific recommendations in order to avoid shill-like behavior but there are some other options listed on this page.

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    Why does Trump want the strait OPEN?

    He’s the one that CLOSED it.

    Ooh yea, that OLD trick he uses when he makes a problem and then fixes the problem he made.