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[-] zd9@lemmy.world 19 points 2 weeks ago

They're gonna go kill brown people to get the focus off of the richest ruling elite in the world (including their own commander in chief) trafficking, raping, and murdering children.

[-] kadu@scribe.disroot.org 7 points 2 weeks ago

So exactly what has been keeping the US alive for over a century, yes.

[-] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago
[-] M137@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Seriously? It'll definitely work for more people than one dares to believe. It's not about it working in the way you mean on us, the people that nothing will work on, it's about everyone else. And for us that have functional empathy, conscience, intelligence etc. it will work in another way, we see the horrors about to happen. We see the people it's going to happen to as actual people and anyone can only handle so much. It's the classic "do or confess bad thing to make other bad thing seem less relevant", and that works on everyone, just in different ways.
I can absolutely see even here on lemmy being filled with news about this and less about what they're doing this to take attention away from. It'll work on me, no matter how much I don't want it to, because I feel for the people who will suffer and die from this. And It'll work on others in other ways.

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@ickplant Putting soldiers in harms way to distract from the epstein files should get the fat fuck the death sentence.

[-] ameancow@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I've been saying that cutting USAID and the nearly million deaths that followed in the subsequent months as a direct result of cutting a program that as much as a couple of his planned ballrooms, should get him hanged slowly at the hague.

Out of everything he's done, this along with rolling back environmental protections will have caused the most harm and suffering to humanity and these are the things getting the least attention.

Imagine having the power to ruin the lives of countless millions of living souls and doing it for no other reason than to prove how "not woke" you are and to add another several cents per share to your donor's investments.

[-] btsax@reddthat.com 6 points 2 weeks ago

Nixon and Reagan both conspired with hostile foreign governments to win elections and we let both of those guys off the hook. Why would this be different?

[-] PlutoniumAcid@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Because we've had enough? Because we've learned our lesson?

Or maybe we haven't?

[-] btsax@reddthat.com 2 points 2 weeks ago

I don't see a whole lot of lesson-learning going on. Except by those who have been taught that when they break laws there isn't punishment

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[-] tomiant@piefed.social 4 points 2 weeks ago

Pedos or not there is no way the USA would stay out of waging new wars either way, it's literally its bread and butter and can't exist without it. The machine is getting itchy, it needs blood, that simple.

[-] ickplant@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

💯

But instead it will probably get him more adoration from his base.

Who am I kidding? It’s not probably, it’s definitely.

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[-] kurmudgeon@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago

All those Iranian citizens who think the U.S. is doing this for them... They're about to find out the hard way what putting your trust in the U.S. is like, let alone Trump. You would think they'd learn from the last time.

[-] Gorilladrums@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago

Nobody thinks this. Lemmy users need to stop being racist like this. Iranians are not stupid, these people have agency. They know what a war with the US means, they had two of their neighbors go through it. They know it's hell, but the thing is that the regime right now is so cartoonishly evil that if a war loosens their grip on power and opens up a real possibility for a new government, then it might just be worth it.

I'm Iraqi. My family lived through the terror of Saddam Hussein. The US invasion was hell. It destabilized the country and a lot of people died. Nobody recalls that time as a good one. Yet, at the same time, you'll be hard pressed to any Iraqi that wishes the US didn't depose of that evil regime.

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My dad who served in Vietnam looked at this tweet and went silent. My mom is now really upset. I am so tired.

[-] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 4 points 1 week ago

But they still both voted Trump 3x, right?

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[-] someguy3@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago
[-] Gerblat@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Pedophilic Boogaloo

[-] zewm@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Okay. And for those of us that haven’t served what does it mean? Fucking gate keepers, man.

[-] Bazell@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 weeks ago

Such good food is served to boost morale and mood of soldiers before the battle. In this case, before a new war. To be more precise: before war between the USA and Iran(and Israel as an ally).

[-] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago

Ally? The US is subservient to Israel.

[-] fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 week ago

It's more like Israel is our unsinkable aircraft carrier next to the gas station

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[-] Mannimarco@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 weeks ago

It's like in games when there is suddenly a room with lots of healing items and ammo you know there is a hard fight coming up

[-] ameancow@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

I didn't serve and know well that this is a bad omen. When the military gives unprompted moral-boosting rewards, it means they're buying something.

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[-] BranBucket@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I'm not saying this isn't a sign of something, but Surf and Turf nights are fairly common at overseas bases. Sometimes once a week.

EDIT: Pie is pretty much nightly anywhere with real kitchen.

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[-] in4apenny@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 week ago

Imagine fighting and risking your life in a foreign country on behalf of a pedophile.

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[-] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Approximately 45% of the available combat ready aircraft are in position at various air bases, which include carriers. One does not deploy and concentrate air assets like that unless you want the shit to hit the fan. Wasting billions for nothing.

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[-] itsgroundhogdayagain@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago

Olympics end today so it's showtime for the military industrial complex.

[-] Monument@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 weeks ago

It’s also a few days into Ramadan, a holiday where Muslims fast while the sun is up. (It lasts approximately from fat Tuesday to Easter.)
So, you know, if you want to fuck up someone’s day, make ‘em work extra hard while hangry.

(Which is not necessarily true. IIRC, much of the religious understanding and forgiveness in Islam is about intent. They might be cool with breaking a fast when facing an existential threat. But it’s Iran, sooo…)

[-] BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

It can be a bit variable with Islam, but depending on what you follow there's maybe an exemption from having to fast during Ramadan if your well-being is just generally at risk from doing so. There are also several groups that are exempted (Sick, Pregnant, too young, too old, etc), but don't think any of them apply here.

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[-] tomiant@piefed.social 2 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah they have a clause about even eating pork if it's a matter of life and death. It's one of those "God gets it" kind of fine print.

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[-] goedel@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 week ago

tomorrow we dine in hell

[-] Dearth@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Isn't this the 3rd time during the Epstein presidency that soldiers have been served their penultimate meal?

[-] 0x0@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago
[-] CaptPretentious@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

I feel like this needs to be updated

NVIDIA OpenAI Palantir Meta X Google Apple Anthropic

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[-] hamid@crazypeople.online 2 points 1 week ago

May they suffer in eternal hell for what they are doing

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[-] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 1 points 2 weeks ago

Being sent to fertilise Iranian fields?

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[-] wpb@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Death to America

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Is there an actual source for this?

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