• perestroika@lemm.ee
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    6 minutes ago

    It should also be noted that the US has “burned through” 9 units of MQ-9 Reaper - the Houthis shot them down. Total worth? Maybe 500 million.

    That’s 9 out of 300 produced, not a sustainable thing to do without producing more.

    Still, I don’t think the US is particularly deterred because the Houthis are a low-tech fighting force and depend on Iran for fancy equipment.

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    7 hours ago

    This article talks more about the ammunition than the actual people being killed. Man I hate imperialist media. Also is the American public just… fine with bombing brown people in the Middle East now? Did they ever care?

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        6 hours ago

        They’ve never cared enough to actually do anything about it, but there was at least grumbling and complaints. Right now I’m not hearing a peep.

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          3 hours ago

          What are you talking about

          500k people in USA went to a protest against the Iraq war. 6 million globally. That was a big day. There were others too.

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            13 minutes ago

            I’m saying right now, as in in March/April 2025.

            Edit: If you mean the “never cared enough to do anything about it” part, going to a protest once doesn’t qualify as “doing anything about it”. I don’t know if this is due to lack of will or because Americans straight up forgot how to hold their government accountable, but if it was that much of a big deal they’d have figured something out.

  • The Quuuuuill@slrpnk.net
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    9 hours ago

    i was told reviewing those signal messages would make me proud and that the strikes were fantastic and good.

    this doesn’t mean… that was a bunch of shit, right?

    right?

    RIGHT!?

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    9 hours ago

    I know one of the rules is to post headlines without editorializing, but it really pisses me off that the term ‘strikes’ is subbed in for ‘bombings’.

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      8 hours ago

      Right seriously, I’ve even so many report it as “raids” which makes it sound like they have troops on the ground.