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Pete Hegseth: "the problem w/ Iran is that it spends on weapons and missiles instead of improving life for their people" (Original Post) BlueWaveNeverEnd 9 hrs ago OP
"improving life" What is your WAR DEPARTMENT doing? eom SalamanderSleeps 9 hrs ago #1
The man doesn't understand the meaning of irony Chasstev365 9 hrs ago #2
splinters Whip-poor-will 9 hrs ago #3
Preach on Reverend!!! displacedvermoter 5 hrs ago #31
you mean like, STARTING ILLEGAL WARS Skittles 9 hrs ago #4
ding. this . AllaN01Bear 7 hrs ago #17
Politicizing his job. bucolic_frolic 9 hrs ago #5
The problem with Pete Hegseth... purr-rat beauty 9 hrs ago #6
Comedy gold Freddie 8 hrs ago #7
Kinda like the Trump admin. OLDMDDEM 8 hrs ago #8
These people are on the wrong side of so many things, displacedvermoter 7 hrs ago #11
I totally agree with you. Somehow they need to be removed from office. OLDMDDEM 5 hrs ago #29
Wow, that's rich... bamagal62 7 hrs ago #9
Smart people can hide that they are smart. Stupid people don't get that chance. twodogsbarking 7 hrs ago #10
Irony is Dead.... Ford_Prefect 7 hrs ago #12
And buried in a shallow grave with a sack of lime. bluesbassman 3 hrs ago #37
My hypocrisy meter just blew up. Ray Bruns 7 hrs ago #13
The problem w/Pete Hogshit is that he's too full oasis 7 hrs ago #14
None so blind as those who cannot see.. sinkingfeeling 7 hrs ago #15
Oh, Drinky Guy... ms liberty 7 hrs ago #16
Are They All Insane, Or Just Consummate Liars? 🤪 ColoringFool 7 hrs ago #18
BOTH. GiqueCee 6 hrs ago #24
Not consummate -- more like shambolic, inept, self-contradicting liars. Insane, though, they've got covered ... eppur_se_muova 6 min ago #39
In that case DFW 7 hrs ago #19
Is this a classic self own? surfered 7 hrs ago #20
Let me turn on the machine here... OldBaldy1701E 7 hrs ago #21
I'm stealing this surfered 7 hrs ago #22
Shut up little psycho man. hadEnuf 7 hrs ago #23
Little dab will do ya. travelingthrulife 5 hrs ago #30
Meantime, Petey has to get by on about $1 trillion a year BeyondGeography 6 hrs ago #25
I am rarely at a loss for words... GiqueCee 6 hrs ago #26
I believe, though, that he has been skillfully displacedvermoter 5 hrs ago #32
Trump deliberately chooses idiots... GiqueCee 4 hrs ago #33
Irony, meet the imbecile. marble falls 6 hrs ago #27
Irony is dead...nt Wounded Bear 6 hrs ago #28
Just like North Korea and Us. nt leftyladyfrommo 4 hrs ago #34
"Now give me another 200 billion dollars so I can buy more weapons and missiles." Midnight Writer 4 hrs ago #35
Look in the mirror, Kegbreath. nt City Lights 4 hrs ago #36
Understand republianmushroom 2 hrs ago #38

Chasstev365

(7,750 posts)
2. The man doesn't understand the meaning of irony
Fri Mar 27, 2026, 06:09 AM
9 hrs ago

What we could do with even 1/4 of the military budget to improve the lives of our people.

Whip-poor-will

(224 posts)
3. splinters
Fri Mar 27, 2026, 06:15 AM
9 hrs ago

Hey petie working for a pedo ,Jesus said " Get the Minuteman missile out of your eye before you remove the drone speck from Iran's eye, or something like that."

Skittles

(171,638 posts)
4. you mean like, STARTING ILLEGAL WARS
Fri Mar 27, 2026, 06:22 AM
9 hrs ago

while telling Americans needing affordable healthcare to go fuck themselves?

bucolic_frolic

(55,075 posts)
5. Politicizing his job.
Fri Mar 27, 2026, 06:35 AM
9 hrs ago

But of course we don't have Secretary of Defense anymore, do we. Better named Secretary of Aggression.

displacedvermoter

(4,434 posts)
11. These people are on the wrong side of so many things,
Fri Mar 27, 2026, 07:56 AM
7 hrs ago

that now the US is in no position to condemn any of our adversaries for human rights abuses, election fraud, corruption, and now, stealing from their own people. They come off as hypocrites at best, and ass clowns -- like Hegseth here -- at their stupid worst.

bluesbassman

(20,384 posts)
37. And buried in a shallow grave with a sack of lime.
Fri Mar 27, 2026, 11:56 AM
3 hrs ago

Not to worry though; it’s been replaced by the ever popular gaslighting.

eppur_se_muova

(41,902 posts)
39. Not consummate -- more like shambolic, inept, self-contradicting liars. Insane, though, they've got covered ...
Fri Mar 27, 2026, 03:32 PM
6 min ago

... eight different ways.

DFW

(60,162 posts)
19. In that case
Fri Mar 27, 2026, 08:31 AM
7 hrs ago

We should be the closest of blood brothers, having identical outlooks on how to run our respective countries.

OldBaldy1701E

(11,099 posts)
21. Let me turn on the machine here...
Fri Mar 27, 2026, 08:36 AM
7 hrs ago




Well, it seems that the machine detects some anomalies in that man's statement.

hadEnuf

(3,609 posts)
23. Shut up little psycho man.
Fri Mar 27, 2026, 08:38 AM
7 hrs ago

And go back to the Fox propaganda channel. Pick up more Brylcreem first.

BeyondGeography

(41,088 posts)
25. Meantime, Petey has to get by on about $1 trillion a year
Fri Mar 27, 2026, 09:02 AM
6 hrs ago

That is over 2X more than Iran’s gdp.

Iran’s defense budget is around $40 billion a year. We spend 25X more and we can’t solve them militarily. Someone’s getting good bang for the buck and it’s not you Petey.

GiqueCee

(4,202 posts)
26. I am rarely at a loss for words...
Fri Mar 27, 2026, 09:10 AM
6 hrs ago

... but this self-important Nazi shitwit, who preens for the camera constantly, makes no effort to conceal his unbridled malice, and and is dumber than a bag of hammers, doesn't even realize what a self-own IS!

displacedvermoter

(4,434 posts)
32. I believe, though, that he has been skillfully
Fri Mar 27, 2026, 10:27 AM
5 hrs ago

supplanted as dumbest Trump Cabinet member by Markwayne "Oklahoma Crude" Mullin, who is dumber than a crateful of hammers.

But Hegseth is still abysmally dumb, none the less. And he is in a much better position to use his stupidity to terrible ends.

GiqueCee

(4,202 posts)
33. Trump deliberately chooses idiots...
Fri Mar 27, 2026, 10:42 AM
4 hrs ago

... so they can't upstage him, and don't have the cojones to disagree with him. He thinks they make him look smart in comparison.
Sorry Donnie, that ship has sailed.

republianmushroom

(22,310 posts)
38. Understand
Fri Mar 27, 2026, 01:02 PM
2 hrs ago

The US has a 13 Billion dollar Air Craft carrier but lacks good health care, affordable housing, Vet care, etc. Yep, I do understand, Pete.

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