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Miles Archer

(24,160 posts)
Sun May 10, 2026, 04:42 PM Sunday

SEBASTIAN GORKA: Trump's war in Iran "has been planned for decades by the president." Uh...back up there, goatee boy.

Aaron Rupar

‪@atrupar.com‬
NEWSNATION: What do you say to critics who assert that this long conflict and its economic consequences represent an intelligence failure?

GORKA: Utter complete hogwash. Garbage. Fake news of the highest degree. This action has been planned for decades by the president.

NEWSNATION: What do you say to critics who assert that this long conflict and its economic consequences represent an intelligence failure?

GORKA: Utter complete hogwash. Garbage. Fake news of the highest degree. This action has been planned for decades by the president.

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-05-10T14:29:40.663Z
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Ocelot II

(131,149 posts)
2. Even if Piggy really had been president for decades (it just seems that way),
Sun May 10, 2026, 04:49 PM
Sunday

the fact that something has been planned for decades doesn't mean it was a good plan. It's possible to plan very badly for decades; happens all the time.

mopinko

(73,881 posts)
5. if a plan is in the works for that long w/o being implemented,
Sun May 10, 2026, 05:17 PM
Sunday

it’s prolly cuz it’s a bad idea.
the pentagon likely has had plans for an iran war for decades. they game out all kinds of wars. and that’s how they figure out which 1s are stupid ideas.

Ocelot II

(131,149 posts)
6. Yup. Then Obama and Kerry did the JCPOA, which did keep Iran in check,
Sun May 10, 2026, 05:20 PM
Sunday

but Trump tore it up because it was one of Obama's successes and he couldn't stand that.

Wounded Bear

(64,569 posts)
4. Yeah, I'm sure back when trump was trolling the bars for chicks...
Sun May 10, 2026, 05:04 PM
Sunday

he had the attack on Iran fulminating in his brain.

eppur_se_muova

(42,409 posts)
7. Gorka talking out his ass, as usual. Hey, doesn't he face gun charges in Hungary ? About time to revisit those ? nt
Sun May 10, 2026, 05:35 PM
Sunday

Initech

(109,197 posts)
10. Sebastian Gorka is one sick, twisted fuck.
Sun May 10, 2026, 05:49 PM
Sunday

He deserves nothing less than to spend the rest of his worthless life in maximum security prison.

Ocelot II

(131,149 posts)
11. I fear that he'll be the replacement at the FBI when Trump sacks Kash Patel,
Sun May 10, 2026, 06:58 PM
Sunday

because the replacements are always worse.

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