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Mutiny on the battle ship Fordtempkin
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for bad design!
Pooping for peace.
but imperialist and poopy
Lol 
I have to call it fake tbh. "Fight and die"? First, they're 'murrikkkans, OF COURSE they want to fight and oppress someone, they are ITCHING to get there. The better if the designated victims are "brown" or "asian". Second, "die"? How? The US and Israhell are in an absolutely advantageous genocidal position, how could you even die in such an op? There is absolutely zero risk, all gain, in this op for US soldiers, so I just don't see them mutining.
Sailors are working class. The entire point of the Mutiny on the Battleship Potemkin was that their lives were about to be wasted in a completely pointless operation. Like right now. This is really mean-spirited. Iran has supersonic cruise missiles and this ship is the biggest target. If it is hit it is a HUGE escalation guaranteed to cause tens of thousands of deaths. Of working class on all sides.
Sailors are working class
I get the vibe but. Can really the military be considered working class? They act against it all the time, nationally or internationally, judicially or extrajudicially, they betray all the principles (that's how you get into the military in the first place).
If it is hit it is a HUGE escalation
On the side of the US. They are the ones marching a ship to Iran in the first place. We know who the real invaders are, in all these modern wars. There's no need to pin the blame on the victims.
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"The more they overthink the plumbing, the easier it is to plug up the drain." -Capt. Montgomery Scott, Star Trek III
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