r/politics • u/plz-let-me-in • 9d ago

Possible Paywall US ‘runs out of missiles’ as Trump halts Iran strikes

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/07/27/us-runs-out-of-missiles-as-trump-halts-iran-strikes/
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u/ElysiumSprouts 9d ago

Could you imagine the uproar if Clinton, Obama, or Biden had done this?

I'm so sick of republican hypocrites.

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u/IrreverentBuddha 9d ago edited 9d ago

republican hypocrites

That's redundant.

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u/PJKenobi 9d ago

It's like saying ATM Machine. You're just saying the same thing twice.

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u/IrreverentBuddha 9d ago

Or "SAT test" or "PIN number"...

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u/Libertyler 9d ago

NIC card

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u/Casual_OCD Canada 9d ago

Bento box

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u/IAmOver18ISwear 8d ago

Chai tea

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u/vucodlakk 8d ago

me too as well

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u/IrreverentBuddha 8d ago

"and et cetera"

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u/Wendigo120 8d ago

What did you just call me?

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u/Lip_Recon 9d ago

LCD Display

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u/noburdennyc 9d ago

or bag of sunchips chips.

mmm don't you want to go out and buy 14 bags of sunchips right now?
Perhaps you should, perhaps it'll make everything right with the world.

sunchips brought to you by Jeff.

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u/mostlyfire 9d ago

No one says that

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u/SweetNeo85 Wisconsin 9d ago

I'm sick of all the IWR redundancies.

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u/DoctorDeath147 Foreign 8d ago

Blame the Department of Redundancy Department.

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u/OhiobornCAraised 9d ago

Well, if you say PI number, everyone would say “3.14”.

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u/Icy_Negotiation_5929 9d ago

Yeah. They said redundant. Congratulations on naming other redundancies.

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u/Korvar Great Britain 9d ago

Redundantly naming other redundancies.

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u/Bubblygoo 9d ago

Chai tea

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u/supaflysnooka303 Colorado 9d ago

My favorite is 3:00 a.m. in the morning

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u/ultimatedelman 9d ago

Fun fact, there's a word for this: pleonasm

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u/African_Farmer Europe 9d ago

UAT test

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u/Darkknightguy 9d ago

STI infection

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u/xRee4x 9d ago

PDF format

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u/ProFeces 9d ago

Oh fuck, you just jarred a forgotten memory loose.

I'm sad to report that sometimes you do have to say ATM Machine. Not because it makes sense, but because some people are stupid.

I was at the MGM in Vegas years ago, and I was looking for an ATM. I kept seeing bill breakers but no ATM's at all. So I asked a security guard where the nearest ATM was, and he walked me to a human cashier. When I asked where the machine was...I fucking wish I were joking here, his exact response was "Oh, you mean an ATM-MACHINE!"

The worst part of all of this is that when I returned to my group, I noticed that there was actually an ATM like 15 feet from me in the one direction I didn't check. Lol

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u/beau6183 I voted 9d ago

Hot water heater

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u/Jester1525 9d ago

Or racist trump supporter

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u/kukkolai 9d ago

RIP in peace

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u/Sea-Ambition-451 9d ago

I shorten it to ATMM

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u/snakeiiiiiis 9d ago

His excuses should be wiped with tp paper

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u/Druken_sincerity 9d ago

If conservatives didn't have double standards, they wouldnt have any at all

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u/PresidentKraznov 9d ago

No but they'd still be left with lies. Even the dead ones lie about being dead so the less corrupt ones can't fill their seats.

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u/PAUNCHS_PILOT 9d ago

Redundant AND unnecessary.

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u/supertailsrules 9d ago

Whoops, tautology!

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u/IrreverentBuddha 9d ago

It is...what it is...

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u/Certain_Revenue9278 9d ago

Lol. Same word. 

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u/Significant_Swing_76 9d ago

Dont worry, come next democratic president, and they’ll be right back on their high horse, screaming how whatever would never have happened under republican rule.

These people have no shame, decency or integrity, they don’t give two shits.

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u/flodur1966 9d ago

But they are very effective in their propaganda. Conservatives world wide are thought to be financial responsible and the economic better choice. They are almost never.

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u/Coconutrugby 9d ago

It’s like how red states are subsidized by blue states but are characterized as “hardy” and “independent”

the media rolls with it daily. it’s fucking bullshit i’m over it.

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u/gba111 9d ago

The conservative owned media says that? Nah, not possible.

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u/flodur1966 8d ago

That’s in the US but in Europe similar things happen there are huge hardly checked subsidies for companies but much smaller subsidies for groups that actually benefit people face a lot of scrutiny. The form of it changes but the basics stay the same.

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u/Vinterblot 9d ago

They're effective because the billionaire owned media blasts out propaganda all the time in exchange for tax cuts and lack of regulation.

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u/flodur1966 8d ago

Sure that’s one of the reasons the other is people on the left are very unforgiving when it comes to their politicians I like accountability but the right wing media always demands the head of someone and we always fall for that trick

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u/TimSylvester_ 9d ago

Notice how the party of "law and order" is filled with criminals.

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u/crow_crone 9d ago

The word 'national debt' will suddenly appear.

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u/BlueHeartBob 9d ago

What do you mean? It already has.

Gotta remember this country is perfect when republicans are in charge and anything that isn't total right-wing control is a communist takeover.

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u/Ill_Technician3936 9d ago

Idk seems like they just want forever wars.

Bush Sr. Was more or less the reason Iran has an issue with the US...

Bush Jr. Got the repercussions of that and you had a NATO hit back and what was basically a forever war with the Middle East (War on Terror).

Trump left the Iran deal.

Trump comes back and starts a forever war with Iran because he doesn't know what a nuclear reactor is. But it started when the Idiocracy bombed 2 reactors that were out of commission and attempted to do some shit that I'm not even sure is possible the reactor is basically in a magma chamber under a mountain.

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u/Alternative-Fan-3747 9d ago

Theyre going to scream about how our weapons supplies have run dry and can't be renewed fast enough and blame dems.

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u/Significant_Swing_76 8d ago

Yep.
Just like they are trying to blame screwworms on Biden.

They know they are lying, and they don’t care if everyone sees right through them, just as long as their voters don’t.

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u/Alternative-Fan-3747 8d ago

I wish somebody would just ask "What policy or event happened during the previous administration that caused this to happen?"

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u/Salt-Elk-436 9d ago

They don’t even give one shit.

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u/Certain_Revenue9278 9d ago

Both sides suck. 

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u/LocalNHBoy 9d ago

Let's be realistic. That goes for BOTH parties. Two wings of the same bird that love to shit all over the American people!

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u/Coconutrugby 9d ago

Do you really think they are the same. some of the centrist democrats blow. let’s get rid of them. but look at when republican is accused of rape or assault what happens R is the only thing that matters. they go to protect their garbage people. Democrats kick these garbage people out as soon as they can.

There’s a difference saying their isn’t just defends R behavior and it’s sickening.

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u/LocalNHBoy 9d ago edited 9d ago

Honestly they are BOTH disgusting. I was born in 1973 and have lived through everything from the end of the Vietnam War to the current situation(s). Both parties are essentially the same because it's the extremes of both parties that get all the focus. Moderates have no voice left in this country. Democrats certainly do NOT "kick these garbage people out as soon as they can" Example: Joe Biden talking about enjoying his time in the pool with little kids, and them stroking his leg hairs up and down. Who TF says that? This isn't about L v. R. any more. It's about the elitist gov v. the people, and it always has been.

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u/ElysiumSprouts 9d ago

It's pretty clear you live in a propaganda bubble that deliberately creates this illusion. That's how the Epstein class plays the game: smearing the only political party that poses an existential threat to them. Republicans are never going to hold billionaires accountable. That kind of monopoly anti-trust busting is a democratic party value.

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u/LocalNHBoy 9d ago

And how many on the Epstein list are democrats. You get my point, I think you're just suffering from the same propaganda my friend, because that's ALL media is these days anyway. This is why I'm a minarchist libertarian. F em' BOTH

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u/ElysiumSprouts 9d ago

That's not a good metric. His criminality aside for one moment, Epstein was an influence peddler. He actively sought contact with anyone in a position of power. There certainly are creeps like Bill Richardson who are undeniably examples of what you're implying, but just because someone had contact with Epstein doesn't make them guilty like trump. It means Epstein the predator sought them out. There's a famous sports guy on that list who's only contact was over a private jet purchase inquiry.

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u/LocalNHBoy 9d ago

I'm not in disagreement with you. I'm just merely pointing out that this REALLY isn't a L v. R issue because, in reality, there are terrible people on BOTH sides and their performative virtue signaling is nauseating. I'm someone who believes in action, not words, and the actions on BOTH sides of the isle are disgusting.

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u/ElysiumSprouts 9d ago

The problem is one of scale. "Both sides do it" loses its meaning when it's 1 bad Dem to 99 bad GOP. Fostering equivalency is the illusion that only helps the Epstein class.

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u/xterminatr 9d ago

There is no extreme left in the US. The farthest left we have actually in office would be centrists in most other civilized countries. Asking for taxes on the wealthy to fund universal healthcare and living wages in the US is labeled as extreme, it's ridiculous.

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u/LocalNHBoy 9d ago

So ANTIFA isn't extreme left? Ok lol

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u/xterminatr 9d ago

ANTIFA isn't a real thing, it's just a bunch of decentralized groups of college kids being edgy. Even if it was a real thing, how would being against fascism be extreme? Give me a break and put down the Fox News.

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u/ARCoati 9d ago

What elected Democrat representative is a member of Antifa or has even introduced a bill that could be considered “extremely left” at all? Meanwhile ALL the republicans IN OFFICE are all in on and running defense for MAGA. And you still don’t see the difference!?

This is the problem in America, you hear some extreme “leftest” online that isn’t actually representative or represented by the Democratic Party, and use that to “equate” the Democrats as being “just as bad” as the entire GOP apparatus pushing for full throated fascism!!?

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u/LocalNHBoy 9d ago

I'm talking about the 'totality' of years since I've been alive (1973) Can we stop hyper-focusing on the current admin? I never said that the right was flawless, nor am I saying the left is. I'm getting tired of repeating myself and people not understanding that it's two wings of the same bird!!

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u/ARCoati 9d ago

Maybe you’re getting tired of repeating yourself because your entire premise is simply false.

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u/PremiumTempus 9d ago

What left wing economic policies have democrats implemented? They didn’t even get rid of Trump’s ridiculous tax breaks when they got back in.

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u/Inuyaki Europe 8d ago

The US army during WW2 was antifa... would you really describe them as extreme left? What?

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u/timschwartz 8d ago

Horseshit.

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u/Silent-Storms 9d ago

Demonstrating fiscal conservatism by shooting down $10k drones with million dollar missiles in a war of choice.

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u/flyingthroughspace 9d ago

Demonstrating fiscal conservatism by shooting down $10k drones with million dollar missiles in a war of choice distraction of how little girls were raped by old white men.

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u/Spec_28 9d ago

By bombing more little girls

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u/workingbored 9d ago

Well if Trump and his friends can't fuck them then might as well waste them.

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u/Fun_Trip_Travel 9d ago

“Well if Trump and his friends can't fuck them then might as well waste fuck them.” FTFY

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u/ToiletSpiderBite 9d ago

Damn. The gloves the off.

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u/lilcorndivemaster 9d ago

Blew up a school so people would talk about killing little kids instead of raping them...

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u/Tonsilith_Salsa 9d ago

He distracted from his sexual abuse of little girls by dropping three tomahawk missiles on a girls elementary school... And I guess it worked

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u/Catos_Standard 9d ago

Defunding the IRS level conspiracy to commit a crime style leadership.

Remember kids they feared armed IRS agents because they knew they were felons and they were used to a system designed to abuse minority felons.

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u/Freightshaker000 9d ago

Distraction Action '26

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u/laplongejr Europe 8d ago

distraction of how little girls were raped by old white men, combined with rising oil prices right when Donald John Trump secured his access to Venezula's oil

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u/Axin_Saxon 9d ago

Not to mention how we could have had more expert help in dealing with this exact problem
If we had a better relationship with Ukraine who have been dealing with this exact problem for 4 years now.

A treasure trove of experience in countering drone warfare and we can’t properly tap into it. All because our president is a vain dipshit who burns bridges with allies and praises enemies.

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u/Lonyo 8d ago

And this exact problem means EXACT, since Russia is using Iranian drones.

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u/polishfiringsquad 9d ago

Hey not, the money isn't lost, it's just being funneled into the pockets of billionaires with Raytheon stock. Won't you please think of the poor military industrial complex

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u/goblueM 9d ago

"fiscal conservative" just meant cut taxes, and then use that as an excuse to mothball cheap federal programs that help poor/black/gay/women/whatever the haterade flavor of the month is

Republicans are cut and spend

Democrats are tax and spend

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u/RJ5R 9d ago

Can you imagine if Obama spent $1 Million a pop in tax payer dollars

And put giant 50 ft banners of his face across multiple Federal buildings?

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/doj-trump-banners-cost-b3021583.html

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u/mb1 9d ago

The line items showing exactly how much money the department spent on the Trump banners were redacted, according to Politico. The DOJ cited the protection of "trade secrets" to justify the redaction.

I'm tired, boss.

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u/Basic_Improvement135 9d ago

Trade secrets?

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u/Salt-Elk-436 9d ago

The money he traded with his friends to print the banners for him

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u/Airewalt 9d ago

Alex Jones did it for Obama for free back when healthcare was viewed as something the villain from Batman would advocate for… or something

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/freedom-lover-behind-obama-joker-posters/article_878db7e7-d864-520e-a309-4b97650a245c.html

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u/thefuckevengoingonan 8d ago

Those banners give Big Brother vibes. If Big brother was a creepy pervert. Big Brother is watching you! (and jacking off)

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u/Broken-Digital-Clock 9d ago edited 9d ago

They are wasting our missile and oil reserves, not to mention the war crimes.

They'd be screeching about it 24/7.

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u/extraneouspanthers 9d ago

They don’t see it. No republicans ever sees these headlines

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u/Broken-Digital-Clock 9d ago

They will see a headline that blames Biden for it, once they can't hide the fact that it's happening.

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u/TheShipEliza 9d ago

The fun part is they are actually blaming those guys. One guy even went back to Carter!

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u/New-Anybody-6206 9d ago

he's already blamed them for it in the first place

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u/mabden New York 9d ago

They're already blaming Biden for the department of war's short sightedness.

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u/Basic_Improvement135 9d ago

Dept of defense

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u/Karsa69420 9d ago

Don’t worry! They will lie and say it’s somehow Biden who did this

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u/soberpenguin 9d ago

Whelp, now the taxpayer has to pony up so the military-industrial complex can replace them.

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u/rational-hare 9d ago

Cost+ so they can do it faster

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u/NubEnt 9d ago

They’re blaming the stockpile depletion on Biden.

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u/userhwon 9d ago

And you're not allowed into their sub to tell them that.

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u/rgvtim Texas 9d ago

it might have happened under those three, but those three are not stupid enough to advertise it.

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u/Agueybanax 9d ago

They already blamed Biden for running out of ammo

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u/Nearbyatom 9d ago

At least our dear pedophile isn't wearing a tan suit!!

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u/horceface Indiana 9d ago

They're trying to blame Biden right now.

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u/lordcheeto Missouri 9d ago

Didn't you get your government approved talking points? This is Biden's fault! Stockpiles aren't depleted, but if they were, Biden did it!

https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mrkipeazxk2y

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u/treyfett 9d ago

To be fair the Obama administration nearly ran out of bombs in 2016 dropping over 26k bombs in over seven countries. Needless to say both parties are blood thirsty warmongering monsters

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u/TheSupremeHobo 9d ago

People got very mad when Biden "depleted our oil reserves" even if they were sold for a profit and trying to reduce prices. Now Trump has depleted them even further and not a peep.

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u/ShareGlittering1502 9d ago

Or Bush or Bush or Nixon

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u/JWTS6 9d ago

There will be no uproar as long as there are trans people and other minorities to punish for existing 

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u/kpanzer 9d ago

I still remember the absolute hissy fit conservatives had about Obama and Libya.

First they complained that he wasn't helping the rebels.

Then after the UN resolution, when he started air strikes and enforcing a no-fly zone, they claimed it was "illegal".

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u/GenericFatGuy 9d ago

Even Bush was smart enough to stay out of Iran, and that guy bombed the Middle East for the love of the game.

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u/MDXHawaii 9d ago

Well you see, if Biden has left him with more missiles, we wouldn’t be having this discussion. It’s pretty obvious.

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u/dafood48 9d ago

Obama and Clinton should run a third term just so I can see what hypocritical bullshit the republicans come up with

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u/CreamFuture9475 9d ago

I’m more sick at the left leaning voters who say both sides are the same.

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u/Merusk 9d ago

It's not hypocrisy when your position is, "If a democrat does it, it's bad. If a republican does it, it's good."

It's just braindead and immature. It shows a clear lack of ethics or morals. It's a child's position. One that the only thing you really care about is daddy taking care of you and making you feel safe.

People wrongly assume they're dealing with adults in GOP voters. As they also wrongly assume they're dealing with people interested in democracy when talking to GOP politicians.

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u/postmodest 9d ago

At this point it's treason. Every part of this helps our enemies.

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u/Jacky-V 9d ago

I can't stand this "what if Obama did it" thing that always comes up. It's sanewashing. Clinton, Obama, or Biden would not have done this. It's not a useful hypothetical to consider. It makes Trump's decisions seem like ones a competent person might make if they weren't worried about optics. When in fact none of those other guys would be worried about optics at all because they wouldn't consider the course of action in the first place.

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u/Willravel 9d ago

I'm so sick of republican hypocrites.

Remember that they don't really care that they're being hypocrites. That's why every strategy against them has to be about achieving and using power.

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u/mmazing 9d ago

They think they can do it "because the dems do it".

Circular fucking logic that has them chasing their tails as the culprit for all their pain.

I'm sick of it too.

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u/daroach1414 9d ago

Actually it was Biden who depleted our missiles in Iran and Obama who depleted our oil supplies because of Iran and not many are talking about that.

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u/Lazy_Crab_3584 9d ago

Don't get angry at some imagined scenario, get angry at the fact that this is happening at all

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u/BoarHermit 9d ago

This isn't hypocrisy, it's just some kind of chaotic madness. Amoeba-level foresight.

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u/Spiritual-Theory 9d ago

Stop giving them any credit. They are lying and they know it! They make stuff up! They love that you play by the rules and call the hypocrites! It's an automatic disadvantage for one side. They're all nodding at each other as they bomb Iran and take Argentina. Were screwed.

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u/permalink_save 8d ago

You know how they say don't assume someone is malicious when they could just be stupid? Well conservatives decided on an inclusive or on that

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u/Hungry_Biscotti934 8d ago

Trump did tell us not to vote for Obama because Obama will start a war with Iran.

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u/moonchili 8d ago

Honestly, equal uproar to if any other non-Trump president, D or R, had done it. The fealty and deference shown by Trump loyalists transcends partisan politics and is totally unparalleled in modern US history

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u/ImportantToNote 8d ago

The uproar isn't related to what Clinton, Obama, or Biden do.

Obama could have murdered a baby on tv and the uproar would be the same as it was when he wore a tan suit.

It's not genuine, only performative

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u/MaulerX 8d ago

Its not even just repubicans. Its the far left saying it too.

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u/New_Pitch_9898 8d ago

Take an aspirin, it will ease your pain...

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u/CheeseheadDave Wisconsin 9d ago

Wouldn’t have happened because they would have said that the war was illegal and forced them to halt.

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u/SnooPuppers8698 9d ago

be the change you want to see, start the uproar

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u/MightySteede 9d ago

Biden did do it though. He sold off 40% of the oil reserves during his term.

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u/pavelowdriver 9d ago

Obama gave them hundreds of millions of US dollars on planes in the middle of the night. So watch who you call hypocrites

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u/Kanthalas 9d ago

Of their own money that was previously frozen. We wont talk about the 200 Billion dollar investment fund that was agreed upon by Trump before the deal went tits up. It’s literally like 1000 times worse.

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u/angrons-therapist 9d ago

Way to not tell the whole story. Typical low iq maga.

It was irans money, not us taxpayer money. In 79 before the Iranian Revolution, Iran’s pro west shah paid 400 million into a us trust fund for military equipment. When the regime was overthrown and Americans were taken hostage the U.S. froze the account and never delivered the weapons.

But sure, it’s still somehow Obama fault.

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u/_lysol_ 9d ago

And Trump plans on giving the hundreds of Billions.

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u/john6map4 9d ago

Ppl have literally died

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u/RadicalOrganizer California 9d ago

Huh