NightOwl@lemm.ee to World News@lemmy.ml · 11 months agoUS deploys second aircraft carrier as Israeli ground invasion of Gaza nearswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up1129arrow-down13
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minus-squareNocturnalMorning@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up54arrow-down8·edit-211 months agoWhy does the U.S. military think they need to get involved in every conflict in the world?
minus-squareAttackBunny@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up37arrow-down6·11 months ago$$$$$$ How are the defense contractors, and politicians going to get PAID if we aren’t constantly at war somewhere.
minus-squareWhatAmLemmy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up21arrow-down2·11 months agoYou don’t maintain the trillion dollar funding of a war machine by avoiding conflict now do you? That would be silly…
minus-squaremasquenox@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up29arrow-down3·11 months agoIsrael is a US client state - and it’s obvious to the US that Israel is not as capable of dealing with the situation as they had hoped.
minus-squareNocturnalMorning@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down2·11 months agoThat tends to happen when you displace a bunch of people from where they live and say this is mine now.
minus-squareSHITPOSTING_ACCOUNT@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·11 months agoBecause it’s presumably cheaper to park an aircraft carrier in the area than to take the economic impact at home that an escalation would lead to (due to rising oil prices etc.)
minus-squarelibrary_napper@monyet.cclinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down2·11 months agoIt’s not cheaper for the country, but it is more profitable to the private military contractors
minus-squarePipedLinkBot@feddit.rocksBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoHere is an alternative Piped link(s): Because were there not an is real they’d have to invent one? Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.
minus-square☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down11·11 months agoSame reason people with small dicks feel the need to get giant trucks.
Why does the U.S. military think they need to get involved in every conflict in the world?
$$$$$$
How are the defense contractors, and politicians going to get PAID if we aren’t constantly at war somewhere.
You don’t maintain the trillion dollar funding of a war machine by avoiding conflict now do you? That would be silly…
Israel is a US client state - and it’s obvious to the US that Israel is not as capable of dealing with the situation as they had hoped.
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That tends to happen when you displace a bunch of people from where they live and say this is mine now.
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Because it’s presumably cheaper to park an aircraft carrier in the area than to take the economic impact at home that an escalation would lead to (due to rising oil prices etc.)
It’s not cheaper for the country, but it is more profitable to the private military contractors
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Here is an alternative Piped link(s):
Because were there not an is real they’d have to invent one?
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.
Same reason people with small dicks feel the need to get giant trucks.