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jmowreader

(50,557 posts)
10. Great, Donald...
Mon Mar 20, 2017, 06:48 PM
Mar 2017

I have a cute idea: if The Donald really wants to re-invade Iraq, let's throw it to a vote in Congress under the following conditions:

Condition 1: taxes will be increased to pay for the war
Condition 2: the pay of every Congressman will be reduced to that of a randomly selected Army colonel
Condition 3: Trump's pay will be reduced to that of the 45th troop to walk through the gate of a randomly-selected motor pool on Fort Hood, Texas, the morning of Monday, April 10. Further, the unit who owns the motor pool will be informed they're the one three weeks out so they can find a soldier who's willing to be temporarily busted to Private E-1 long enough to be the 45th man through the motor pool gate on April 10.
Condition 4, and this is most important: Every Member of Congress who votes for the war, every member of Trump's administration, and Trump himself will submit the names of every member of his or her family who are between the ages of 17 and 45. All those people will be immediately conscripted into the Army as privates and will be sent to the war zone.

No doubt he's calling on his extensive military experience to reach that conclusion Siwsan Mar 2017 #1
He already said he knows more than HIS Generals. Submariner Mar 2017 #4
Historically, that has never worked out particularly well, for the self-appointed military expert Siwsan Mar 2017 #6
Five deferments can teach you a great deal about miltary service.... lastlib Mar 2017 #22
Easy for Mr. Bone Spur to say BeyondGeography Mar 2017 #2
Over 4,000 of our soldiers never did, you hamhock! Aristus Mar 2017 #3
Need an invasion to distract from his criminal ties SummerSnow Mar 2017 #5
Your reply is right on. Wellstone ruled Mar 2017 #8
Oh RiGHT, mr. cheney! elleng Mar 2017 #7
Never should have gone in Angry Dragon Mar 2017 #9
Great, Donald... jmowreader Mar 2017 #10
Please tell us all about your rich understanding of the events of that process. mahina Mar 2017 #11
And he was ALWAYS opposed to going into Iraq, too. He sez, all the time. Nt Mc Mike Mar 2017 #12
As Commander in Chief C_U_L8R Mar 2017 #13
We left Iraq because the govenment of Iraq The_Casual_Observer Mar 2017 #14
How long before ProudLib72 Mar 2017 #15
He's saying the troops stood have stayed even though the Iraqi government wanted them gone? Ken Burch Mar 2017 #16
Ignorant demented asshole dalton99a Mar 2017 #17
That was not our call. Iraqis did not want us there. nikibatts Mar 2017 #18
He claimed that he was always against the Iraq war. yardwork Mar 2017 #19
Less memory that my 9yro cat with dementia... noneof_theabove Mar 2017 #20
GIVE HIM A PISTOL AND SEND HIM TO IRAQ.... yuiyoshida Mar 2017 #21
It's time to take out Mad King Donald jeanmarc Mar 2017 #23
He has said this repeatedly starting with campaign and... JackRiddler Mar 2017 #24
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