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Fetterman Chooses Country Over Party After
Iran Operation

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Posted By: Dreadnought, 3/4/2026 1:05:03 AM

Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) backed the U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran without hesitation, calling Operation Epic Fury entirely appropriate, and said eliminating Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the un-alived supreme leader of Iran, removed one of the most dangerous figures in modern history. President Donald Trump confirmed the mission targeted senior regime leadership gathered in Tehran, with early reports stating roughly 40 to 50 of the top Iranian officials were killed in the attack's early wave. Fetterman didn't hedge, asking why anybody would grieve leaders of a regime tied to terror networks and decades of repression. He said that Americans should recognize the strategic impac

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Reply 1 - Posted by: DVC 3/4/2026 1:16:06 AM (No. 2075710)
Just because he occasionally comes down on the right side of one or two issues....never forget that this is a hard core leftist on 95% of all political issues.
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