[-] MoreAmphibians@hexbear.net 77 points 3 weeks ago

Trump's statement on Ansar Allah.

“You know, we hit them very hard. They had a great capacity to withstand punishment. They took tremendous punishment. You can say there’s a lot of bravery there. It was amazing what they took. But we honor their commitment and their word.”

[-] MoreAmphibians@hexbear.net 79 points 1 month ago

https://www.politico.eu/article/ukraines-army-have-video-game-like-digital-weapons-store-deadly-realistic/

Points for kills: How Ukraine is using video game incentives to slay more Russians

The program — called Army of Drones bonus — rewards soldiers with points if they upload videos proving their drones have hit Russian targets. It will soon be integrated with a new online marketplace called Brave 1 Market, which will allow troops to convert those points into new equipment for their units.

The program assigns points for each type of kill: 20 points for damaging and 40 for destroying a tank; up to 50 points for destroying a mobile rocket system, depending on the caliber; and six points for killing an enemy soldier.

Units will soon be able to use the special digital points they’ve been getting since last year by trading them in for new weapons. A Vampire drone, for example, costs 43 points. The drone, nicknamed Baba Yaga, or witch, is a large multi-rotor drone able to carry a 15-kilogram warhead. The Ukrainian government will pay for the drones that are ordered and will deliver them to the front-line unit within a week.

The scheme is aimed at directing more equipment to the most effective units.

Soldiers will be able to leave reviews on the site to guide future purchases.

“For example, we have increased the number of points for infantry elimination from two to six, and that has doubled the number of destroyed enemies in one month,” Fedorov said. “This is not just a system of motivation, this is a mechanism that changes the rules of war.”

[-] MoreAmphibians@hexbear.net 59 points 1 month ago

https://x.com/DD_Geopolitics/status/1915866000777675043

Trump was informed of the assassination of Russian General Moskalyk: The U.S. president said he would review the information.

"No, I just heard... You're just telling me that for the first time. That's a big one. I'll look at it,"

[-] MoreAmphibians@hexbear.net 71 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Libs are well known for thinking countries shouldn't be invaded by other countries

"A liberal is someone who opposes every war except the current war and supports all civil rights movements except the one that’s going on right now."

[-] MoreAmphibians@hexbear.net 60 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yup. Maintaining the status quo is easier than changing it. Even the tiny little bit Democrats try to change.

Why was Trump able to make so many changes? Was it because he was a better statesman than Biden?

[-] MoreAmphibians@hexbear.net 62 points 2 years ago

The time for regret is now. 20 years ago the US might have been able to defeat China but we certainly couldn't manage it now. Neoliberalism has hollowed out the Military-Industrial Complex to the extent that the US just couldn't sustain a major war, especially a naval one.

[-] MoreAmphibians@hexbear.net 83 points 2 years ago

listen here kiddo, i get it. i dont like the two state solution

and quite frankly, i dont wanna support hamas, it feels like supporting terrorists

but im gonna do it, you wanna know why?

because the alternative is a fucking genocide

a genocide! its a genocide!

so maybe we can have a conversation around dismantling the terror network when a genocide isnt happening

maybe we can do that later kiddo. champ. chief. maybe we can talk about it later

maybe-later-kiddo

[-] MoreAmphibians@hexbear.net 75 points 2 years ago

Us: The Waffen-SS ~~was~~ is bad.

You: But whatabout Russia?

[-] MoreAmphibians@hexbear.net 66 points 2 years ago

You guys remember the 2014 coup in Ukraine? They put Poronshenko in power from 2014-2019. Here he is wearing a Nazi black sun.

https://twitter.com/NinaByzantina/status/1702382472615567735

[-] MoreAmphibians@hexbear.net 76 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

It’s natural for children to keep some secrets from their parents.

How is this a political question?

When you are troubled, it’s better not to think about it, but to keep busy with more cheerful things.

Do the makers of this test know what politics is?

Astrology accurately explains many things.

The only relevant ideology that believes this is Reaganism.

[-] MoreAmphibians@hexbear.net 66 points 2 years ago

One of the men paid for the fuel in cash, pulling a striking number of large-denomination euro bills out of his pocket to do so – but he didn't leave a tip.

This story was written and planted by Americans.

[-] MoreAmphibians@hexbear.net 75 points 2 years ago

That's Ron Desantis's face imposed the famous painting "Saturn Devouring his Son". The son has been replaced with pudding to reference the time Ron ate a cup of pudding with his fingers.

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