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3. Kind of like all the military and intelligence experts that told Trump that starting a war with Iran was a bad ..

Reply to Dulcinea (Original post)

Fri Jun 26, 2026, 12:20 PM

Friday

… idea and that Iran would close the Strait of Hormuz and Hegseth fired them. Pool and water experts,
freshwater ecologists, and other experts all warned Trump about defects in his plan but he went ahead
and did it anyway.

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