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bigtree

(86,015 posts) Thu Jul 30, 2020, 01:12 PM Jul 2020

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Mike Pompeo claiming "I fought on the border of East Germany" (born years after fighting ended)

Helen Kennedy @HelenKennedy 7m
Mike Pompeo was born in 1963, 18 years after fighting in Germany ended. Wtf.

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Discount Dave @DiscountDwyer
When Pompeo served, East Germany bordered Bowling Green and the massacre was breathtaking.

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Mike Pompeo claiming "I fought on the border of East Germany" (born years after fighting ended) (Original Post) bigtree Jul 2020 OP

What a disgusting SoS pandr32 Jul 2020 #1

Well said. SharonClark Jul 2020 #2

Mr. First in his Class again betraying the code gratuitous Jul 2020 #3

He fought at the battle of the little German town The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2020 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author bluedye33139 Jul 2020 #11

lol! chowder66 Jul 2020 #17

To Mike Pompeo DFW Jul 2020 #5

Maybe he got drunk and fought with a Frulein near checkpoint Charlie soothsayer Jul 2020 #6

Frauleins have better taste. LiberalFighter Jul 2020 #8

Well that's why she fought him off soothsayer Jul 2020 #10

Next he will claim that he saved the Titanic from Sinking Onthefly Jul 2020 #7

Mike. Mikey. Put the bong down. Take a nap. crickets Jul 2020 #9

He was stationed there bottomofthehill Jul 2020 #12

Thats the ticket... Mendocino Jul 2020 #13

She's now married to Rupert Murdoch pfitz59 Jul 2020 #20

One lying sack of shit begets another!! Thekaspervote Jul 2020 #14

What a sad little man, stinking of corruption. hunter Jul 2020 #15

He clearly meant to say, "I fought boredom on the border of East Germany." DavidDvorkin Jul 2020 #16

Trump had his Disaffected Jul 2020 #18

Next he will claim that he alone took down the Berlin Wall. nt Ilsa Jul 2020 #19

pandr32

(11,639 posts)

1. What a disgusting SoS

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Thu Jul 30, 2020, 01:14 PM

Jul 2020

SharonClark

(10,014 posts)

2. Well said.

Reply to pandr32 (Reply #1)

Thu Jul 30, 2020, 01:16 PM

Jul 2020

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)

3. Mr. First in his Class again betraying the code

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Thu Jul 30, 2020, 01:17 PM

Jul 2020

West Point must be so proud.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,974 posts)

4. He fought at the battle of the little German town

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Thu Jul 30, 2020, 01:18 PM

Jul 2020

of Bowlengrünn.

Response to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #4)

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chowder66

(9,104 posts)

17. lol!

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #4)

Thu Jul 30, 2020, 02:32 PM

Jul 2020

DFW

(54,498 posts)

5. To Mike Pompeo

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Thu Jul 30, 2020, 01:18 PM

Jul 2020

Staring down East German border guards through a set of binoculars makes him a battle-hardened combat veteran. If the binoculars had fallen on one of his feet, he would have put in for a Purple Heart.

soothsayer

(38,601 posts)

6. Maybe he got drunk and fought with a Frulein near checkpoint Charlie

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Thu Jul 30, 2020, 01:19 PM

Jul 2020

During Oktoberfest or something

LiberalFighter

(51,290 posts)

8. Frauleins have better taste.

Reply to soothsayer (Reply #6)

Thu Jul 30, 2020, 01:24 PM

Jul 2020

soothsayer

(38,601 posts)

10. Well that's why she fought him off

Reply to LiberalFighter (Reply #8)

Thu Jul 30, 2020, 01:26 PM

Jul 2020

Onthefly

(188 posts)

7. Next he will claim that he saved the Titanic from Sinking

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Thu Jul 30, 2020, 01:20 PM

Jul 2020

crickets

(25,990 posts)

9. Mike. Mikey. Put the bong down. Take a nap.

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Thu Jul 30, 2020, 01:25 PM

Jul 2020

Good grief.

bottomofthehill

(8,363 posts)

12. He was stationed there

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Thu Jul 30, 2020, 01:33 PM

Jul 2020

Nearly fifty years after the fighting was done.

Asshat he is.

Mendocino

(7,521 posts)

13. Thats the ticket...

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Thu Jul 30, 2020, 01:33 PM

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pfitz59

(10,412 posts)

20. She's now married to Rupert Murdoch

Reply to Mendocino (Reply #13)

Thu Jul 30, 2020, 04:04 PM

Jul 2020

Grade A Number 1 Gold-digger

Thekaspervote

(32,820 posts)

14. One lying sack of shit begets another!!

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Thu Jul 30, 2020, 01:52 PM

Jul 2020

hunter

(38,349 posts)

15. What a sad little man, stinking of corruption.

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Thu Jul 30, 2020, 02:04 PM

Jul 2020

DavidDvorkin

(19,505 posts)

16. He clearly meant to say, "I fought boredom on the border of East Germany."

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Thu Jul 30, 2020, 02:12 PM

Jul 2020

Disaffected

(4,574 posts)

18. Trump had his

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Thu Jul 30, 2020, 03:16 PM

Jul 2020

military school and VD avoiding battles so why not something of similar import for Pompero??

Ilsa

(61,710 posts)

19. Next he will claim that he alone took down the Berlin Wall. nt

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Thu Jul 30, 2020, 03:57 PM

Jul 2020

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