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[–] ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com 191 points 1 month ago (15 children)

Fascist USA and Israel are the biggest threats to world peace. They are the axis of evil.

[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 182 points 1 month ago (2 children)

First two months of 2026: The US kidnaps one country's leader, murders another, and kills hundreds of civilians in two failed regime change attempts.

Death to the burger empire.

[–] GnuLinuxDude@lemmy.ml 62 points 1 month ago (7 children)

The scary part is how they succeed in their objectives. I'm still not over Maduro's kidnapping and how they pulled it off. It's freakish.

[–] tastemyglaive@lemmy.ml 36 points 1 month ago

Kidnapping Maduro didn't accomplish any of their stated objectives in Venezuela. It looks like the White House didn't even confer with energy companies about the viability of expanding their oil production?! They flipped their script immediately afterwards and claimed they won. You'd have to be a doomer to believe it.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 30 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Although, it's worth noting that this was largely a stunt. The US did not have the ability to actually invade Venezuela or to topple the government.

[–] brachiosaurus@mander.xyz 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It was indeed a stunt, keep in mind that the US spend trillions to maintain an army capable of invading other countries, it's just not convenient for them to do so.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 23 points 1 month ago (30 children)

It's more than just inconvenience. The US does not have a good track record fighting prolonged conflicts. They can destroy a country and make millions of people suffer, but they rarely achieve long term objectives.

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[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 30 points 1 month ago (1 children)

These sorts of attacks is what the US military has been investing in capacity to complete for decades. This is why there has been an investment bleeding edge tech which costs insane amounts of money to develop.

[–] gary_host_laptop@lemmy.ml 18 points 1 month ago

No, insane costs are due to how the military industrial complex rules the country and inflates prices because it needs more profits. Costs do not necessarily mean more sophisticated or that have an actual improvement in the battlefield. In fact recent trends show the opposite, the cheaper the tech the better output it produces on the battlefield. It's low cost vehicles, missiles and drones that are leading the battle, not 20 trillion F-35s.

[–] brachiosaurus@mander.xyz 14 points 1 month ago

The scary part is how they succeed in their objectives.

US government spends more than a trillion dollar on war each year.

[–] Smaile@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 month ago

the military fully backed him thats why, not like donald planed it out, they did under his general order. that and kidnaping moduro hasn't really changed the country much after hes gone.

[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The real battle happens before any shots are fired.

[–] tastemyglaive@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 month ago

Weed turns you into a bot if you don't take breaks #nothatingjustsaying

[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Death to the burger empire.

You'd be surprised how long dead ideas live

[–] rafoix@lemmy.zip 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Can they really be a “threat” when they’re actively killing people all over the world?

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 40 points 1 month ago

Yeah, more accurately they are the active enemies of world peace.

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