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Department of Defense to be renamed 'Department of War' within week, Trump says (komonews.com)

submitted 2 months ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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[–] Bgugi@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (7 children)

How wasteful, since the US hasn't been at war since 1947...

Should be the department of military policing actions.

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[–] mazzilius_marsti@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

It's not even that nice when you abbreviate it:

Before: DOD = Dee Oh Dee. Has a nice flow

Now: DOW = Dee Oh Dup?

[–] skuzz@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 months ago

We are stuck in a time portal to 1929.

[–] myfunnyaccountname@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 months ago

Let go Donnie!! Fuck grocery prices. This is what is important.

[–] pheggs@feddit.org 4 points 2 months ago

What's actually his idea behind that?

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 4 points 2 months ago

It's more honest, at least.

[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I'd suggest moving the coast guard and national guard, DHS, FBI to department of defense. Department of War/Offense that includes CIA/State department/NSA/Mind control propaganda is good. The $1T+ budget of department of offense represents $10k/year per tax filing household, and it becomes an obvious, even in "I like money" idiocracy state, that people could vote for a $10k annual dividend instead of paying for the department of offense.

It was already extreme BS to call US empire funding "defense".

[–] biofaust@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

I know this is out of place in this time in history, but I believe that to have been the case in the (maybe far) past.

Who started calling them ministries of defense and amidst what pressures from society?

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

Department of War Dependents Schools, or DoWDS.

[–] Hellsfire29@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Good.

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 2 points 2 months ago

Funny. I thought the Navy beat the Army more in the Army-Navy game.

[–] FoolishObserver@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

The Department of War had that victory over the Confederacy, too, right?

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