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[–] capt_wolf@lemmy.world 153 points 2 weeks ago (11 children)

You can fucking have him... If he's got any blood left in him and it's not all just McDonald's brand cholesterol™, you're welcome to it.

[–] I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world 74 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Unfortunately, they will absolutely take the blood of kids from low income families who got duped by sociopathic high school recruiters in his stead.

[–] capt_wolf@lemmy.world 33 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Sadly, I had quite a few friends fall for it when Dubya did this. Surely we'll take care of them when they come back this time...

[–] I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world 25 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Narrator: We will not take care of them when they come back this time.

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[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 24 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Just sayin, were already gonna have to rebuild part of the White House...

I wouldn't see any need to rebuild mar lago tho

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago (12 children)

what if we rebuilt maralago as a skate park and public restroom. so people could ollie and shit on his grave

[–] capt_wolf@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Transitional housing for abused women and children would be the ultimate slap in the face.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

Transitional housing for abused women and children

i'd agree with you, but a very important feature of those is that we don't tell anyone but the people who need its services where it is. like, i was ran some homeless shelters. two of them were for abused women and children. I still haven't got a clue where they are. only people in the organization who knew were people who needed to know and i was not one of them.

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[–] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 64 points 2 weeks ago (38 children)

Conflicted on who I’m supporting here.

[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 41 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You don't have to support anyone.

[–] Steve@startrek.website 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

If you don't pick a team you're not in the game!

[–] i078 21 points 2 weeks ago

The only winning move is not to play

[–] blackn1ght@feddit.uk 39 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

The safety of civilians in the region. You don't have to pick a side. We can simultaneously acknowledge that the Iranian and the US regimes are fucked up.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah I want both governments to fall and both countries' people to thrive and forge a better future

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[–] flandish@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

why? all nations are evil. that’s a given. trump’s run to be another hitler has involved partnership with genocide and kidnapping and invasion of multiple nations.

he’s clearly the bigger evil here.

iran is a piece of shit but they’re not a worldwide imperialist terrorist organization actively invading other nations.

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[–] EndOfLine@lemmy.world 55 points 2 weeks ago

Hey Iran!

Don't forget about the rest of his family and all the sycophants that prop him up.

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 49 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

UPDATE: (no trade for us, I guess)

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[–] Wilco@lemmy.zip 37 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

We double dog dare you.

Killing the US president out of retaliation for an illegal war would make us ... unhappy ... or something. Maybe ... I dunno.

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[–] orlyowl@piefed.ca 37 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

This sinking seems like a really big deal to me, but I don't feel like it's been treated that way. Everyone seems to react like it's just another example of Trump being shitty, and it is, but also, we sank another country's warship with a torpedo. That seems pretty momentous no matter what country it was.

[–] Gerudo@lemmy.zip 31 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

And it was unarmed, coming back from an exercise that was essentially a parade. Bonus points of shit!

[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 20 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Apparently the US had pulled out of that exercise at the last minute. So it's the dickest of dick moves.

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[–] orlyowl@piefed.ca 7 points 2 weeks ago

I just learned that five minutes ago, and it really does make it even worse.

[–] SarcasticMan@lemmy.world 26 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

This is only the second warship sunk by a nuke sub (HMS Conqueror) and the first warship the US has sunk with a sub since 1945. We won't talk about the Russian cargo ship that "exploded" in 2024.

In the frame of war, this is big. In the frame of history this is huge. The lack of coverage and the apathy to it is ridiculous. This has never happened in our lifetime, well unless you are 80, so we have that going for us...at least its new lol.

[–] Lumisal@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago

It's the first fully unarmed warship sunk though, so that makes it unique. Also extra unique is that the nation and crew were basically invited first to the parade in part by the USA. So basically it's one for the history books in that is a modern red wedding.

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Different from smashing their airfields with missiles? Or, is it different because of where it happened?

[–] orlyowl@piefed.ca 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It feels different in a few ways to me. One, it feels much more personal and "fuck you in particular." It's one thing to lob missiles at a base and fuck whoever happens to be there, but you KNOW there's a real possibility that you kill every mother effer on that ship if you hit it with a torpedo.

I'm not articulating it very well, but it's just got a different sort of cruelty that something like shelling an airbase just lacks for me.

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I guess I can sort-of see where you're coming from. Presumably when they're bombing an airbase they're trying to hit planes, destroy runways, etc. If you're in the break room at the time there's a decent chance you don't die. If you're working on a plane, you're probably dead. But, when you sink a ship, everyone goes into the water and there's a good chance they'll die.

To me, the fact that it happened nowhere near Iran is the bigger deal. It means that parts of the world that aren't aligned with either side in the war now have to wonder what might explode in their own territory.

OTOH, at least when you sink a military ship there won't be civilian casualties. If the US had actually declared war on Iran, which of course never happened, but if... then another warship is actually a valid target. This isn't like blowing up an apartment building because a guy on your kill list is in one of the apartments.

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[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 35 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

We will absolutely not regret sinking it if you do that. How many warships will it take to do the whole line of succession?

[–] Fishnoodle@lemmy.world 20 points 2 weeks ago

Seriously. What do we need to do to get you to follow through on that? Is there a go fund me?

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[–] slemptastrophe@piefed.social 32 points 2 weeks ago

They can have him, and all of his appointees, and the billionaires as well. We won't miss them.

[–] AdolfSchmitler@lemmy.world 27 points 2 weeks ago
[–] thatradomguy@lemmy.world 27 points 2 weeks ago

Be my guest.

[–] InvalidName2@lemmy.zip 25 points 2 weeks ago

Ironically, so does his medical team. Based on the bruising, wouldn't surprise me if they're having to draw blood constantly for all the testing required to keep his corpse functional.

[–] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 25 points 2 weeks ago

We cannot forget that the administration is actively trying to architect a tragedy against Americans. It is high treason.

https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/03/politics/patel-fbi-national-security-division-firings-iran

[–] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 24 points 2 weeks ago

Join the club guys.

[–] Zerlyna@lemmy.world 23 points 2 weeks ago

Don’t threaten me with a good time.

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 22 points 2 weeks ago
[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 17 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] smeenz@lemmy.nz 14 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (4 children)

Right...... there.

Just make sure he's home first

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[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 16 points 2 weeks ago

Oh no please stop don’t

[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago

Oh no. Anything but that. Don't do anything to our beloved Trump...

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 12 points 2 weeks ago
[–] lepinkainen@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago

I hope they take it on the republican government personally. No point in fighting with an over-funded military lead by a christo-fascist, when you can take it out on retirement age old white folk who had the power to stop the war and decided to lick a pedophiles boots instead.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 10 points 2 weeks ago

You know where he lives.

[–] systemglitch@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

I too am calling for Trump's blood. So it for me guys.

[–] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

If they restrict themselves to killing Dogey Americans, I would be alright with Iran infiltrating ICE and conducting operations against the Dogey. I don't consider any member of the Dogey to be of my people anymore.

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[–] frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

How much Trump blood they want? We can probably get like 30 L easy, if they accept in laws.

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[–] kokesh@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I would never have thought the day of me agreeing on anything with those cleric lunatics will come, but here it is. We all want to see trumps blood.

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