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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIt took the US 20 years to replace the Taliban...
Last edited Mon Mar 9, 2026, 10:56 PM - Edit history (1)
Curt Mills @CurtMillsIt took the US 20 years to replace the Taliban with the Taliban, but only 9 days to replace Khamenei with Khamenei
Captain Mark Kelly @CaptMarkKelly
It took Trump 10 days to create an energy crisis reminiscent of the 1970s, replace Ayatollah Khamenei with Ayatollah Khamenei, and weaken our alliances worldwide. He put American servicemembers in harms way, resulting in seven deaths. None of this made you safer or better off.
2:18 PM · Mar 9, 2026
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It took the US 20 years to replace the Taliban... (Original Post)
bigtree
7 hrs ago
OP
Didn't we also kill his wife and his mom and one of his kids at the same time?
Maru Kitteh
5 hrs ago
#4
Baitball Blogger
(52,177 posts)1. Seriously. The man was 86 years old.
What was Trump thinking? Now they hate us more than ever.
bigtree
(94,030 posts)2. seriously
...it's not like the son of the man we assassinated is going to hold a grudge or anything against the US, right?
Maru Kitteh
(31,618 posts)4. Didn't we also kill his wife and his mom and one of his kids at the same time?
Yeah. Hell be very anxious to act nice.
kurtyboy
(1,009 posts)3. 86 years old and
Dying of cancer....
leftstreet
(40,156 posts)5. LOL
sadly funny
Iggo
(49,879 posts)6. "...to help save Viet Nam from the Vietnamese."
David__77
(24,575 posts)7. Trump is not done with this war yet regardless of his wishes