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trump said:- "We don’t need people that join Wars after we’ve already won!" Fair enough and as trump has stated that the US has already won this war, then there is no need for others to join in and help. Case closed!!

21 hours ago, Stiddle Mump said: Vaccines are anti-science and anti-nature. That's why they cause so much harm; for no benefit whatsoever. Read and weep to try to overcome your ignorance with regards to vaccines and science.......but then again, looking at your previous posts there is no chance of that happening the old saying applie in your case:- "ignorance is bliss". By the 1940s and 1950s, polio had become the most feared disease in America. Every summer, it arrived without warning. Swimming pools closed. Movie theaters shut down. Parents kept children indoors, terrified. In 1952—the worst year on record—nearly 58,000 Americans were infected. More than 21,000 were paralyzed. Over 3,000 died. Most of them were children. Albert Sabin had been studying polio since the 1930s. He performed autopsies on every polio victim within 400 miles of his lab in Cincinnati—trying to understand how the virus worked. He discovered that the poliovirus attacked the intestinal tract first, before moving to the nervous system. That meant an oral vaccine might work. Meanwhile, in Pittsburgh, Jonas Salk was working on a different approach: a killed-virus vaccine, given by injection. In 1955, Salk's vaccine was approved. It was hailed as a miracle. Jonas Salk became a national hero overnight. The Salk vaccine worked. It prevented paralysis. It saved lives. But Albert Sabin believed he could do better. Salk's vaccine had limitations. It required injection—which meant sterile needles, trained medical personnel, refrigeration. In poor countries, in rural areas, in places without infrastructure, mass vaccination was nearly impossible. And the Salk vaccine didn't provide intestinal immunity. You could still carry and spread the virus even if you were vaccinated. Sabin's approach was different. He developed a live, weakened virus. One that would multiply in the intestines—just like the natural infection—but wouldn't attack the nervous system. It could be given orally. No needles. No trained medical staff required. Just a few drops on a sugar cube. Children would actually want to take it. And because the weakened virus multiplied in the gut, it would spread to unvaccinated people through normal contact—creating herd immunity even in populations that hadn't been directly vaccinated. It was brilliant. Elegant. Perfect for mass immunization campaigns. There was one problem. The United States wasn't interested. By the late 1950s, America was already using the Salk vaccine. It was working. The polio rate was dropping. The U.S. government saw no reason to test a competing vaccine. Pharmaceutical companies weren't interested either. The Salk vaccine was profitable. Why develop something new? Albert Sabin needed somewhere to test his vaccine on a large scale. And then, in 1956, a delegation of Soviet virologists visited his lab in Cincinnati. They were desperate. Polio was devastating the USSR. They had tried producing the Salk vaccine, but the logistics were overwhelming. They asked Sabin if he would help them test his oral vaccine. It was the height of the Cold War. The United States and the Soviet Union were enemies. Nuclear war felt imminent. Albert Sabin—a Jewish refugee who had escaped Russia, who had built a life in America—was being asked to collaborate with the Communist government. He said yes. Sabin traveled to Leningrad and Moscow. He met with Soviet virologist Mikhail Chumakov. He handed over the master strains of his vaccine. For free. No patent. No contract. No profit. In 1959, the Soviet Union vaccinated 10 million children with Sabin's oral polio vaccine. In 1960, they vaccinated 77 million more. The results were stunning. Polio cases plummeted. The World Health Organization reviewed the data. Independent American scientists verified the findings. The Sabin vaccine worked. And it worked better than anyone had imagined. Finally, in 1960, the United States agreed to test it. They called them "Sabin Sundays." On three consecutive Sundays in 1960, millions of American families lined up at churches, schools, and fire stations across the country. Children opened their mouths. A volunteer placed a sugar cube on their tongue—pink, sweet, treated with a few drops of vaccine. That was it. No needles. No pain. No fear. Just a sugar cube. The campaign was so successful, so easy to administer, that it inspired the Sherman Brothers when they were writing songs for Mary Poppins. "Just a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down." That line came directly from the Sabin vaccine. By 1961, the Sabin oral polio vaccine was approved for use in the United States. Within a few years, it had replaced the Salk vaccine as the primary tool for polio eradication worldwide. It was cheaper to produce. Easier to administer. More effective at stopping transmission. And it could reach places the Salk vaccine never could. Remote villages in Africa. Slums in India. War zones in the Middle East. All you needed was a sugar cube and someone to hand it out. The Sabin vaccine became the backbone of the global polio eradication campaign. Between 1988 and 2018, polio cases dropped from 350,000 per year to just 33. The vaccine prevented an estimated 500,000 deaths and 5 million cases of paralysis. Wild polio was eradicated from the Americas in 1994. From Europe in 2002. From Southeast Asia in 2014. Today, polio remains endemic in only two countries: Afghanistan and Pakistan. Albert Sabin never made a penny from his vaccine. Pharmaceutical companies begged him to patent it. Colleagues told him he was being foolish. He refused.

Here's a few of his MAGA supporters who want to help..........

Now, now, no need to bring Melania into this!

And to add to that "terrible disgrace, Trump is seeking donations and the following is from the New York Times; can this disgraceful poor excuse for a human being sink any lower? ....... "Fund-raising Email Features Trump at Ritual for Soldiers Killed in Iran War The email from the group Never Surrender seeks donations for President Trump from those who want access to “private national security briefings” from him". "Today, Democratic lawmakers on the House Foreign Affairs Committee issued a statement saying that: “Trump never misses a chance to make a quick buck off the backs of the American people, even if it means turning a dignified transfer of fallen service members into a fundraising opportunity. Deeply shameful.” The press office of California Governor Gavin Newsom, a potential Democratic candidate for president in 2028, said in an online post that “Donald Trump is fundraising off of dead soldiers”. The post added: “He is a deeply SICK and DISGUSTING MAN!” The full article originally appeared in The New York Times.

So following your line of logic, trump/US should attack/bomb Russia because they have been killing Ukranian men, women and children. not to mention killing their own citizens (eg. Navalny) who disagree with them?? Will welcome the US strikes on Russia............

A poor response and nonsense, and you know it!

So following your line of logic, trump/US should attack/bomb Russia because they have been killing Ukranian men, women and children. not to mention killing their own citizens (eg. Navalny) who disagree with them?? Will welcome the US strikes on Russia............

One thing I forgot to mention – – something which was particularly galling was the way that Hegseth went on about praising God for this and that and doing right by God and so on, when both he and Trump have disgraceful records with regards to adhering to what the Bible says good Christian should do ....... Hegseth's first wife was his high school sweetheart, Meredith Schwarz. The marriage ended in divorce after Hegseth admitted to multiple affairs, with reports indicating he admitted to cheating five times. Hegseth married Samantha Deering in 2010. They have three biological children together: Gunner, Peter Boone, and Rex. Deering filed for divorce in 2017 after it was revealed that Hegseth was having an affair with Jennifer Rauchet, who was pregnant with their child Hegseth married Jennifer Rauchet, a producer for Fox News (specifically Fox & Friends), in August 2019. They welcomed a daughter, Gwendolyn, in August 2017, prior to their marriage. Furthermore, this has been stated with regards to Hegseth, as a bit of background on him: – "Hegseth is a conservative culture warrior, a central casting alpha male who believes in guns, God, and the primacy of the family unit". What a load of old cobblers as he seems to be following in Trump's footsteps with regards to infidelities, adulteries and various other non-Christian activities. "God is with us; what nonsense". It almost made me want to puke watching the lies and double standards emanating from this clown show.

So the US learned from Vietnam, Korea, Iraq, Afghanistan et al?? And I watched Hegseth deliver his "update" on TV and he was like a gleefully dumb child and he was appalling.

Well (trump) who called them "suckers and losers" turned up in a baseball cap.........that says much about what he really thinks of these fallen soldiers, so don't be fooled by the fact he was there.

Well the ignoramus (trump) who called them "suckers and losers" turned up in a baseball cap.........that says much about what he really thinks of these fallen soldiers, so don't be fooled.

Agree, but the MAGA followers don't want to face facts, but then again I have got the two/three avid trumpies on ignore so I can't see their poor excuses and pathetic lies!

Read and learn..... Whether President Donald Trump called fallen U.S. service members "suckers" and "losers" is a subject of intense dispute, stemming from a 2020 The Atlantic article that cited anonymous sources, which has since been partially corroborated by former officials but adamantly denied by Trump and some of his former aides. The Initial Report Source: The Atlantic reported in September 2020 that in November 2018, Trump rejected a visit to the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery near Paris, France, for American service members killed in World War I, allegedly stating, "Why should I go to that cemetery? It’s filled with losers". Additional Allegations: The same report stated that during that trip, Trump referred to Marines who died in the Battle of Belleau Wood as "suckers" for being killed. Corroboration: The Associated Press and The Washington Post reported that they independently confirmed some of the remarks, including the "losers" comment. John F. Kelly, a retired four-star Marine general and Trump's former White House chief of staff, confirmed in 2023 that Trump made these disparaging remarks, validating the reports in The Atlantic. · Trump's Denials: Donald Trump has consistently denied making the statements, calling them a "fake story" and a "hoax". Several aides who were present on the 2018 trip, including Sarah Huckabee Sanders and former National Security Adviser John Bolton, have stated they did not hear him make those specific comments, though Bolton noted the remarks were "not out of character". So who believe?? John F. Kelly, a retired four-star Marine general and Trump's former White House chief of staff, OR trump, a compulsive liar, crook and felon. Liars will lie as trump does OFTEN. Read and weep MAGA cult follower.

22 hours ago, Yagoda said: Oh look the old suckers and losers hoax again. Too afraid to check this and my other comments out on a reputable "Fact Check" site, as scared of seeing the facts and truth??