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[–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 56 points 7 hours ago (17 children)

Maybe I'm showing my ignorance here, but isn't that like one of their major responsibilities?

[–] MartianRecon@lemmus.org 36 points 6 hours ago (3 children)

I lived in Saudi Arabia pre 9-11, and when Sadaam was getting Scudsy, they had people come from the embassy that gave my parents a card with instructions on what to do if there was a war. Part of that was a phone number where they could call anywhere in the country, and if you couldn't follow the instructions they'd send someone to collect you.

Man this is fucking pathetic seeing our government this fucking incompetent.

[–] myrmidex@belgae.social 19 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

If competent people in so many departments got purged, can we still call this incompetent? I think it's about time we move over to malice.

[–] MartianRecon@lemmus.org 10 points 5 hours ago

I 1000% believe that it's malice, unfortunately.

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