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6. Speak to me Bob Reich

Reply to FakeNoose (Original post)

Tue Apr 7, 2026, 07:31 AM

13 hrs ago

“The basic problem is we have a commander-in-chief who took the nation into this unwinnable war for reasons he never articulated, without a strategy for how to respond if Iran did the expected and closed the strait in retaliation, and without an exit strategy if Iran doesn’t surrender.”

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