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[–] fishy@lemmy.today 8 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

As an American; good. It's laughable how bloated and useless our military is. Spending billions and billions developing weapons to fight wars in the old way when Ukraine already proved that shit won't work anymore.

Nobody asked for this, nobody wants it.

[–] Smaile@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 hours ago

oh, we both know who asked for it, money men-

Sorry actually, they aren't fans of it either, death merchants and arms dealers are the ones who asked for this to happen.

[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 7 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

The US never saw so much middle fingers in their history.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 6 points 8 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 8 points 7 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Thesilverpig@lemmy.ml 4 points 5 hours ago

He puts an ugly face a dumb head atop the empire and war crimes we always had going on.

[–] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 8 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (2 children)

NATO pls help

We (citizens of other NATO countries) are about to get drafted into this bullshit aren't we?

[–] garbage_world@lemmy.world 4 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

No, because our country leaders are actually intelligent. Edit: In comparison to Trump

[–] ZeroHora@lemmy.ml 6 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Extremely debatable, actually a big fucking lie.

[–] garbage_world@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)
[–] ZeroHora@lemmy.ml 4 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Still debatable when a good chunk of this idiots got chicken out by Trump tariffs instead of standing their ground like China/Brazil did.

[–] garbage_world@lemmy.world -1 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (2 children)

International politics ain't that easy.

~~Many people in Europe still admire Trump. IIRC Trump has higher support in the EU, than in the US.~~

In my country (Poland) directly fighting against the US is political suicide.

Edit: I were wrong, Trump approval rate in the EU is around 20%, compared to 30-40% in the US.

Still, international politics isn't quite as easy as people make it to be.

[–] migo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 hours ago

No, we don't. Maybe in Poland or Hungary it's different. After all who voted Orban would also vote Trump

[–] ZeroHora@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 hours ago

Many people in Europe still admire Trump. IIRC Trump has higher support in the EU, than in the US.

So the leaders are more intelligent than Trump but some people are really dumb holy fuck.

[–] TehWorld@lemmy.world 13 points 18 hours ago

It’s actually looking like Trump might have burned a few bridges and the adults in other countries are finally in a position of power.

[–] balsoft@lemmy.ml 52 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Most expensive military in the world, 50x military budget of your enemy

Advantageous position of a surprise backstabbing attack during negotiations

Kills enemy head of state on the first day in his own house

Commits uncountable war crimes

Still loses in just 3 weeks

It takes a special breed of a fucked up system to suck this bad, they can't even do imperialist forever wars now.

The MIC is redirecting every cent it can toward profits, and so there's nothing left for the actual military hardware. The pedophiles in charge can barely think anymore and are high on their own AI-generated propaganda. Truly the century of ~~humiliation~~ hallucination for the USA

[–] osanna@lemmy.vg 4 points 17 hours ago

Vietnam, anyone?

[–] MrSulu@lemmy.ml 20 points 1 day ago

Fuck 'em. Trump has lived his entire existence on bail outs. Most US (younger) citizens also feel like the US need to be allowed to struggle to allow a reset from the two only political options to something that is a voice and choice.

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 44 points 1 day ago (2 children)

A trillion a year, whole economy based on neverending warfare and that's the best they can do?

[–] Senal@programming.dev 2 points 16 hours ago

That's just it, it's not.

It's a whole economy based on the threat of neverending warfare.

An actual war, where they aren't just stomping on something from a great height, that is short term benefit compared to selling them the re-up every cycle, "just in case"

Military keeping up with the Joneses.

[–] Mrkawfee@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago

We had to wait a few months for Iraq to turn into a disaster. Trump is the fastest war president ever.

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 23 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Missing from the meme is DJT asking Dada Xi for help.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 28 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm getting second hand embarrassment watching him beg Xi to fix his mess.

[–] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 6 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Wait he begged Xi? Why? Might as well beg Iran for help in invading Iran.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 7 points 11 hours ago

No clue lol, China gets safe passage through Hormuz anyways due to being an ally of Iran.

[–] ILoveUnions@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago

They've made some incredibly and impressively stupid strategic errors even leaving aside poor preparation and the stupidity of attacking iran. That's what happens when you put bootlickers in charge.

[–] rulray@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

What did I miss? What did they do now?

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 24 points 1 day ago (1 children)

US Empire is doing very poorly at accomplishing their goals in Iran, while Iran has been dealing serious damage to US Imperial infrastructure in the Middle East.

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They had goals besides" big boom makes me big man" ?

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Regime change was a big one, but that can't work without boots on the ground at a minimum.

[–] Hansae@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Mfw the Iranian people in fact dont really like being bombed.

If they do boots on the ground it'll be the stupidest thing imaginable as well, Afghanistan on steroids.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 9 points 10 hours ago

Yep, it will backfire tremendously, but it's the only path that the US Empire can take to actually achieve their goals. Continuing the bombing campaign as it is results in Iran continuing to eliminate all US Imperial infrastructure in the region, until the US Empire pulls out willingly and eliminates sanctions. Putting boots on the ground will result in long-term war with massive resistance at home, hundreds of thousands of deaths, and as you said, Afghanistan on steroids.

The only sensible move for the US Empire is to pull out of the Middle East and erase sanctions before it traps itself in a quagmire, but we all know they will never do the sensible thing.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 day ago

Trump is now begging NATO vassals to join in the war because the US is getting their ass kicked.

[–] X@piefed.world 20 points 1 day ago

Reality hits you hard bro, the time and place you’ll never know

[–] deade1e@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 day ago

Made me laugh

[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Nobody in America but Trump wanted this bs "war"

...but Netanyahu did

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 5 points 19 hours ago

The US has wanted this war since 1979. The neocons in particular have been working towards it since Sept. 2001.

📺 General Wesley Clark "We're going to take-out 7 countries in 5 years."

“I just got this down from upstairs,” meaning the Secretary of Defense’s office […] “This is a memo that describes how we’re going to take out seven countries in five years, starting with Iraq, and then Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and finishing off [with] Iran.”

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 34 points 1 day ago

Graham, Bolton, and plenty of other ghouls have been craving this war for decades. They're all jizzing themselves live on cable right now.

[–] anotherspinelessdem@lemmy.ml 17 points 1 day ago

Oh honey, have you met any Americans before?