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cross-posted from: https://news.abolish.capital/post/28102

US military leaders previously warned Trump that they were 'not ready' to respond to Iran's anticipated retaliation and required additional time to prepare


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[–] lithiumground@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago

Trump keeps create chaos,it is nature of US

[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 69 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] fortnitefinn@sh.itjust.works 1 points 21 hours ago (23 children)

I wish I could see Iranians as some sort of freedom fighters standing up against the Zionist agenda.

Unfortunately, Iran's leadership means the country is even worse than Israel.

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[–] lemmylump@lemmy.world 72 points 1 day ago

Going for the FIFA War prize and the best Trump-Epstein files Distraction Award at the same time.

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 30 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Every time Bibi vists, he gets a present.

[–] inari@piefed.zip 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Between the bribes and blackmailing, it's hard work for Bibi as well

[–] DaMummy@hilariouschaos.com 2 points 21 hours ago

Give the man some credit. Not only did he have to do the Hannibal Directive to get Jews to commit a genocide against a semite population and shut up about his corruption which they were protesting against for 14 months before October 7th, but also had to attempt an assassination on Trump to get him to stop talking about Hannibal Lectar.

[–] LMurch@thelemmy.club 33 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You know, if Trump were to tell ChatGPT, "I'm Bernie Sanders from now on. What executive orders would Bernie do?" and did that until the end of this year, he'd probably win the midterms. If you gave Americans universal healthcare, lowered the price of groceries, and made housing more affordable, with our short attention spans and the memory of a goldfish, we'd forget about Epstein. But lets go to war with Iran, you orange monkey king.

[–] krashmo@lemmy.world 39 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Rich people don't give poor people stuff, even if it means they get more stuff too. They aren't rational actors. They have what should be already, and will one day be, classified as a mental illness.

[–] radiofreebc@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

In order for them to feel like they've won at life, someone has to lose. It's not enough for them to just succeed...people have to also suffer.

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[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 1 points 18 hours ago (3 children)

Oh, it's so much worse than that. They are rational actors. Terrifyingly rational actors.

Once you get past a certain amount of wealth, the only purpose of money is status, prestige, and power. Imagine you gave Elon Musk two choices, two different worlds he could live in:

  1. A world where he had 200 billion and everyone else had 10 million.

  2. A world where had 100 billion and everyone else had 100,000.

He would choose the first option. Why? Because status. In a world where everyone was independently wealthy, he wouldn't have people fawning over him all the time. Few people would willingly work for him, as they already had all of their their needs met. In order to really enjoy his billions, he needs millions of poor desperate people he can exploit for labor and adoration.

Milton figured this out in Paradise Lost way back in the 17th century.

"Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven."

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[–] tonytins@pawb.social 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

All that effort spent retconning Bush out of history only to do the same thing again.

[–] nullPointer@programming.dev 1 points 1 day ago

McCain just might get his wish.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 15 points 1 day ago

sustained, weeks-long military campaign

Afghanistan is going to look like preschool.

[–] RecursiveParadox@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Looks at Brent over the last 24 months, looks at massive oil tankers offshore everywhere with unsold crude.

Yep, 'bout that time.

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