• Varyk@sh.itjust.works
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    2 years ago

    The grift: effortlessly eradicating what used to be the largest military threat to the United States in the world without even risking American lives for pennies on the dollar. What a grift.

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        2 years ago

        The destruction of what was recently considered a real and looming military threat to the US is not a matter of belief. It already objectively happened.

        • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOPM
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          2 years ago

          This alternate reality you inhabit sounds very interesting. Last I checked, Milley now refers to Russia as a great power.

          Chief among those challenges, Milley said, will be the change from a “unipolar moment” in which the U.S. stood as “the most powerful nation on earth.”

          “Now, it is increasingly clear that we are really in a multipolar international environment with at least three great powers: the United States, China and Russia,” he said. “And three is much more complicated than two and certainly much more complicated than one.”

          Of course, Mark Milley is just United States Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, I’m sure you know far better than he does. 😂

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            2 years ago

            You know… the Joint Chiefs of Staff is always going to say that. To downplay a country with a massive nuclear arsenal would be stupid. That does NOT mean they have a military capable of taking a hill of dirt.

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            2 years ago

            Well, I appreciate your support. I’m not as sure about it as you are, but all current evidence indicates that I am correct here.

            It is hypocritical of you to complain about the war machine and callous Americans in one breath and then switch to exalting the opinion of someone proclaiming extremist quotes in order to keep his “inevitable” war machine going as soon as your two initial fallacies were exposed.

            • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOPM
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              2 years ago

              If you think that the fact that Russia now being considered a great power by US military supports your argument then what else is there to tell you.

  • GarbageShootAlt2@lemmy.ml
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    2 years ago

    Hah, downvoting an AP article. I guess they’re in Putin’s pocket too now! It’s a good thing only Republicans cry “fake news” at everything that threatens them.

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOPM
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      2 years ago

      I think it’s the last bit about the fact that all this money is coming out of people’s pockets that made them mad. We’re not supposed to talk about the cost the average person pays for maintaining the empire.

  • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOPM
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    2 years ago

    LMFAO the downvotes, this is precisely why US is such a shithole country. Instead of spending taxes on things that actually help Americans such as infrastructure, healthcare, or education it all goes to endless wars that Americans keep cheering on. You lot deserve exactly what’s happening to you.