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SleeplessinSoCal

(10,396 posts) Mon Mar 2, 2026, 01:23 PM 22 hrs ago

Hegseth has amnesia?

"Hegseth on Iran attacks: 'This is not Iraq, this is not endless'"

Somebody remind him that is exactly what Rumsfeld said about Iraq. Only it wasn't going to be Vietnam!!!

https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/cn71jg14dnyo

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Hegseth has amnesia? (Original Post) SleeplessinSoCal 22 hrs ago OP

Is he unaware of the size difference between Iran and Iraq? DavidDvorkin 22 hrs ago #1

Sounds like he's another motor mouth SleeplessinSoCal 21 hrs ago #2

DavidDvorkin

(20,549 posts)

1. Is he unaware of the size difference between Iran and Iraq?

Reply to SleeplessinSoCal (Original post)

Mon Mar 2, 2026, 02:01 PM

22 hrs ago

Population, area, diversity, economy, military (quality, too, in this case), etc.?

SleeplessinSoCal

(10,396 posts)

2. Sounds like he's another motor mouth

Reply to DavidDvorkin (Reply #1)

Mon Mar 2, 2026, 02:21 PM

21 hrs ago

As long as he keeps talking, thinking is off the table.

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