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MarineCombatEngineer

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21. That may be true, but what they would find out real fast and fatally,

Reply to hatrack (Reply #20)

Fri May 23, 2025, 09:55 AM

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is that there are hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of us liberal/progressive veterans, including those that have actual combat experience, unlike most of those wannabe's, that would fight back against the tyranny.
I'm not afraid to die defending my country against those MAGAt asshole traitors, and I know plenty of other vets who feel the same way.

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Wouldn't be the military - it would be ICE goons hired from 3%ers and Proud Boys hatrack Friday #20

That may be true, but what they would find out real fast and fatally, MarineCombatEngineer Friday #21

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